Optical switch or new DAC

neil_g

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At the moment I have :

PC > Optical out > SMSL SD793-II > Yamaha hs5

Works brilliantly, the SMSL is fantastic budget DAC.

I want to add in a Chromecast Audio so I don't have to have the pc on to listen to music, I want to run it optically into the SMSL. So I got a small budget "CSL Toslink 2 x 1 switch" from the rainforest.

The problem is the switch doesn't play nice with the SMSL, it sounds like the optical source isn't stable. You can hear a relay type clicking noise over and over from the dac (makes this noise once when a source is detected normally) although this doesn't effect the audio it's loud enough to be annoying.

So do I persevere with an optical switch, if so does anyone have a recommendation without spending too much (pref from the rainforest if I return the CSL).

Or do I dump the switch and rehome the SMSL and get a dac with multiple inputs. Again any suggestions without spending too much, one of the big plusses of this dac was its bang for buck.
 
This smsl model only has digital input so can't tell you. Or do you mean straight to speakers? My speakers are too far apart to check with a 3.5mm to rca unfortunately.

Will check streaming some flac later.
 
Afraid I can't do that. Even if I had a 3.5mm to RCA long enough as the left and right speakers are too far apart, the only inputs on the Yamahas are XLR or TRS so would have to be adapted to the cables I have now.

The SMSL does have rca out which is connected to the XLR in my case via RCA to XLR cables.

Anyway I can't find any jitter issues with the Chromecast.

So going..

OnePlus 3 (Rocket Player app) > GCA > Mini toslink to full cable > Optical to Coax converter > SMSL > HS-5

Sounds good to me. Tried a few different FLAC albums and all sound the same to my ears as if they were played straight from PC > SMSL via optical.
 
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