J Tech Digital Premium Quality Splitter Review

Despite claiming to only support <= 96kHz sampling rates (officially TOSLINK's highest sampling rate), I have successfully powered my DAC at all of the PCM sample rates available to me: 44.1/88.2/176.4kHz and 48/96/192kHz using available 6ft TOSLINK cables from PI Manufacturing and Kabeldirekt . I can see the sample rate on both ends, and even 192kHz works well. One caveat: if you wiggle any of the four enabled TOSLINK ports, the signal will be interrupted. Play around with it if you have…

First, Revain screwed up the first time and sent the wrong product—a similar switch from another vendor that cost about a third less, and a working one that also cost about a third less. Sometimes you have to use a poor quality product to realize the incredible value of a quality product. I have used J-Tech products before and have always been impressed with the overall finish. The J-Tech 4x2 SPDIF TOSLINK Matrix Switch looks similar but is much better built. The housing is very solid and the…

I was about to buy a new TV when I discovered that newer TVs only have one audio output, and it's optical. On my old Samsung I had a sound disc connected to the optical port and then connected Sennheiser 160 headphones to the audio out and it worked. I love my headphones because I can't hear very well. Although I couldn't use the old headphones because they don't have an optical connector, I decided to get a new set of Sennheiser 175 headphones with an optical connector and this splitter that…