2-1 spdif hookup?

[broken81]

Basically i have my digi002 which only has 1 spdif input and i want to be able to hook up both my pod xt pro and a mic preamp that is spdif. I'm only gonna use one at a time but i just was wondering if there is like a 2-1 splitter box/switch or something. Basically something to save me from having to crawl behind the rack and keep unhooking and switching between the two.

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

huh. Good question (I could actually use one of these myself).

 

[broken81]

Yea not only is it a pain in the ass to keep switching but I'm worried I'm gonna wear our or kill my spdif cables. There has to be something out there on the market.

 

[Metaltastic]

This is gonna be super-n00b, but are SPDIF cables interchangeable with regular RCA cables? I mean, they do use the same connectors, so if so, you could use a little Radio Shack switcher (and not worry about quality loss, cuz it's digital, so either it's all there or none of it is).

 

[beyond dead]

spdif is stereo. two channels in one cable. i have a spdif pre amp, and it has an insert for my other pre, so it can run two tracks. maybe you could run this puppy http://www.gear4music.com/Recording-and-Computers/Samson-C-Valve-Mic-Preamp-with-S-PDIF/6U1, and have the pod connected to the line in.
then just record enable whichever track you want to use at the time

 

[broken81]

Yea but one is spdif in and one is spdif out on my digi002. I need both hooked up to clock my pod xt to my digi002.

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

This is gonna be super-n00b, but are SPDIF cables interchangeable with regular RCA cables? I mean, they do use the same connectors, so if so, you could use a little Radio Shack switcher (and not worry about quality loss, cuz it's digital, so either it's all there or none of it is).

You know I can't say for certain but everything I have read says that it's not advised to use standard RCA cable... but that could just be marketing .

 

[broken81]

I think i used a rca cable like 4 years ago when I did not know any different. It worked i believe but i just always bought spdif cables when i found out there different. So yea for all i really know it could be the same. Doubt it though but shows how much i really know about spdif...:Smug:

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Don't feel bad, I spent $15 for a s/pdif cable thinking that there was a difference... when there could be none .

 

[Metaltastic]

I think i used a rca cable like 4 years ago when I did not know any different. It worked i believe but i just always bought spdif cables when i found out there different. So yea for all i really know it could be the same. Doubt it though but shows how much i really know about spdif...:Smug:

Well one thing I can guarantee you is that the quality of the cable has NOTHING to do with the sound quality when dealing in the digital medium - either all the bits make it there, or they dont, causing get pops/crackles/dropouts. It's the same thing with HDMI cables, and that's why I've been using two for my PS3 and XBOX360 that I got for $5 shipped each on ebay, and so far so good! I pity the fool who shells out like $40 for an HDMI cable at Best Buy

 

[Metaltastic]

And as a result, this seems to confirm that you can get a simple A/V switcher at Radio Shack with RCA inputs to function as your SPDIF switcher!

 

[viggen666]

ha, i didn't even knew special spdif cables existed, always used a cheap rca cable for that, no problems at all

 

[Trep]

I tried Hooking up a Pre amp via spidif with a 003 using RCA. It didnt werk??

But my Spidif cable did?????


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