My apologies if the question has been asked before, but is there any significant loss of fidelity if a splitter is used to connect two optical sources (in my case, the TV and CD player) to the same input on the amp?
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Optical splitter
My apologies if the question has been asked before, but is there any significant loss of fidelity if a splitter is used to connect two optical sources (in my case, the TV and CD player) to the same input on the amp?
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As far as I can tell such devices do exist, but if used as you intend only one source can be used at a time; which would mean unplugging the source you weren't using. This somewhat defeats your intention: I do not know of splitters where the input can be switched from one input to another.
A typical example of what is available:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/RAWAUX-Spli...zcF9hdGY&psc=1
Barry
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I took the plunge on something very similar earlier today, Barry, also from Amazon. Snagged another couple of optical cables, too. The unit I bought is switchable betwixt one or other of the inputs.Originally Posted by Barry
I’ll report my findings here.
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Didn't work.
Ah, well...cost me nothing to try it.
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There are some quite chunky mechanical optical switches which do work quite well. I have several, and they have been useful for fairly static applications. I may have bought an optical splitter at some time in the past, but as I can’t remember particularly well, either it/they didn’t work well, or I couldn’t find a good enough use for it/them. I think there are some opto-electronic switches which can do quite complicated things if you really need them, but at a price.
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Another option that you might consider is getting a TOSLINK to SPDIF convertor for one source that connect to another digital in on you amp .
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Recently used a hdmi splitter , kind of worked but it mostly wanted to lock on to one signal, so I suppose it didn't really work
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