Hello, I just joined, primarily for the audiophile products. Looking at purchasing the NHT C3 speakers for our new living room. Space is about 15 feet wide by 33 long and they will fire long ways. Space is just for general listening, music room with all equipment is downstairs, so hoping they will fill it with sound nicely. Cheers.
Mar 18, 2024
Thx :)
In order to be able to fit it all in that small back panel, we needed to find a less than typical jack. Looks like a standard 3.5mm headphone jack but will take a 3.5mm Toslink optical connector or an RCA to 3.5mm TRS connector. We'll need to include an adapter for the RCA to 3.5mm so it is easier, since that isn't usually something that you will have lying around.
Regarding the 3.5/coax adapter, why TRS when coaxial is single-ended? Why not use a mono jack like this one: https://webobjects2.cdw.com/is/image/CDW/1212661 I think you should include one with a flexible wire to avoid stressing the 3.5mm socket when pluging rigid spdif cables in. Something like this, maybe a bit shorter: https://www.wantitall.co.za/electronics/3-5mm-rca-video-cable-gold-plated-3-5mm-mono-mini-male-to-single-rca-female-sinloon-video-cable-for-__b072pcgrkc
So lets make this clear. You have a spdif out and a unbalanced 3.5mm out right? Is the adapter for the spdif or the 3.5m out and does it go to a standard optical? I ask because connecting the dac to my power speakers using optical would be nice.
So, inside end of Spdif jack(3.5mm) has optical something that receives optical signal and the side of Spdif(3.5 mm) receives the Coaxial(electric) signal!
It's different with 3.5 mm Unbalanced Output at all!!! Only similar looking!
Is the 3.5mm jack for use with a MINI-TOSLINK cable like the one in the following link? That is a fully optical path, isn't it?
https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Toslink-Mini-Digital-feet/dp/B07DTKWLDS
Thanks
First, thanks a bunch for all the super detailed answers and descriptions of this DAC thus far.
Second, other than space constraints, any reason why not to have 2 RCAs for unbalanced out instead of 3.5mm port?
Third, hoping you folks either with Massdrop on your own can make an external-powered version sometime soon.
It would be great!!