Avantree DAC02

I was on the fence, seeing DACs for near $10, but this won me over. Arrived as advertised, plugged everything in, and flipped to optical, it worked right away. High sound quality, dual output to the 3.5mm jack, and volume control should you need it (ie, if it’s going to speakers out of arm’s reach, turn them up and use the control on this to change volume. Otherwise, just max it out - no distortion or clipping or anything. Got mine for my xbox one x, setup was as simple as going to the audio settings and turning on the optical output, along with HDMI (even though it runs to a PC monitor, hence the need for this, that still seemed necessary to get it going). I’ve searched in vain for the one x’s sampling rate, I don’t think it’s 192 KHz, but at least I know this can handle everything. Mine runs to a mixing board, though you could certainly go directly to powered speakers or a sound system. I believe you can even do Dolby 5.1 and 7.1 through the optical, though I’d imagine if you can’t run the optical straight to a sound system , the analog conversion would reduce it to stereo regardless, so this is really for people without surround. My main deciding factor was that reviews for slightly cheaper DACs had one being replaced every other review.. I wanted it to work the first time. Seems like these tend to. Just be aware, it’s clear from the pics but you only get a micro USB cable to power it, you’ll need your own block or USB strip to power it. So much runs off USB power nowadays , I strongly recommend surge protectors with their own sets of USB outlets, for power-only connections like this, although USB-only strips that extend a PC’s total often include power-only ports as well. You can even power it from the xbox’s USB if you wanted, though that wouldn’t be my first choice. Overall: Well built, good looking, functions well, fair price, would recommend .

Why can’t TV manufacturers simply include a headset jack? Why do we have to buy a special optical cable and then a unit like this to convert the signal and plug the headphones into? Sheesh. I researched all the various DAC units at different price points and went with this one because (a) it didn't have a slew of horrible reviews, and (b) it has a volume control button. (Why can't headphone manufacturers include a volume control on their headphones? Sheesh again.) I purchased a 15’ optical cable so I could bring this unit next to me on the sofa to control the volume, because when plugged into my Samsung TV with settings on “external speaker,” I can no longer control the volume with the TV’s remote. I didn't realize when I ordered this that it had a 3.5mm headset jack. Yay! One less cable conversion. Sturdy and handsomely designed, it’s getting the job done, and the audio quality is great. I recommend this product.

Bought this device so that I could connect my new 65-inch 2019 LG TV to a decades-old analog sound system. I was considering purchasing a new digital sound system or even a sound bar. But my giant Yamaha speakers (circa 1978) and 25-year-old Harmon Kardon receiver sound a lot better as a system than the newest digital models I sampled at Best Buy and Costco! So this device, which uses RCA cables, seemed like the perfect solution, and I'm happy to report it is working well after several weeks of usage. I first tried a different device that used the TV's HDMI output, but there were issues with loud popping noises. I also did not like that device's annoying LED light, plus it lacked a volume control, and it did not allow the TV's internal sound to play simultaneously with my stereo's sound. After returning it, I bought this Avantree DAC. It uses the TV's Optical output (as recommended by LG tech support) and none of the issues I had with the HDMI device are present. Only issues I have run across is that the Avantree headphone jack makes the sound on my headphones seem distorted. However, not a deal breaker in my case, as I am using the receiver's headphone jack instead and the sound from it is perfect. The other issue is that although I can get sound out of my two main speakers and subwoofer, it will not play on my other surround sound speakers. That's why I like to run the TV's internal sound at the same time to give the overall volume a greater stereo effect and room-filling boost.

I prefer older audiophile technology, which is another discussion. Unfortunately, current tends in technology encourages everyone to keep replacing all their equipment when one item is replaced in entertainment system due to newer connections, higher resolution, more channels, and they don't work with old equipment without adapters. Adapters are can have many confounds, including potential noise or distortions. I was using a digital analogue optical converter for a while from Hephsea. This was cheep, worked well for most DVDs and such, but with my newer blue ray, there was very high noise floor of humming during quiet parts of program. I also was getting slight distortion for nearly all youtube streaming that was available on the new device. I was unsure if it was the blueray player itself, coming from the TV it was going through, or the Hephsea optical digital converter. I finally sprang for this converter, and I am extremely pleased. The youtube distortion is completely gone, and the noise floor humming with disks and netflix is approximately 80% better, likely as I can set the volume slightly lower than max on the converter. I believe this VC might reduce the noise, but haven't played with it extensively enough to be able to say that the max volume might be similar to the old cheaper device that didn't have volume control. I am highly satisfied with this device for the price, and it fixed my issues. I felt it was worth the time to write the review. Hope this is helpful.

Tengo una tv samsung con una única salida auxiliar de audio por cable óptico Compre un adaptador de optico a bluetooth, pero el sonido que llegaba a los altavoces era muy bajo y lo devolví, pues mi tv, cuando selecciono la voz por la salida óptica, se anula la función de regular el volumen y no lo puedo subir. Antes de pedir este artuculo contacte con el vendedor para preguntarle que si abría una perdida de potencia de sonido, me contestó que no y que de todas maneras, si no me servía podía devolverlo en 30 días. No ha hecho falta, funciona correctamente, el sonido sale con un volumen perfecto y gran calidad y nitidez. Es un aparato, pequeño y bonito que si quieres puedes colgar detras del tv para quitarlo de la vista. Viene con su cable óptico y su cable de USB para la toma de alimentación. Es decir, que solo tiene que desempacar y empezar a utilizarlo sin mas. En cuanto a las instrucciones, es tan sencillo que ni siquiera las he mirado. Estoy muy contento con el, pues creía que era fallo del tv y he estado a punto de descambiarlo. Respecto al vendedor decir, que una atención rápida y excelente. Siempre que pueda compraré a este vendedor. El producto llegó rápido en el tiempo estipulado en un perfecto embalaje. Ahora a esperar que siga funcionando muchos años.

I use it to transfer my tv sound to external speakers. Work perfectly. The sound quality is amazing too.

nach dem ich mir ein neuen fernseher gekauft habe, suchte ich ein verbindung, von optisch nach chinch (weiss und rot), um meine 5.1 sound anlage wieder zu betreiben. lautstärke regler ist okay, funktioniert auch bestens, aber das da auch ein aux input dabei ist, freut mich sehr. denn damit kann ich jetzt auch meine kleine aux elektronik projekte testen. das gerät wirkt insgesamt sehr edel. schönes- robustes gehäuse. ;-) nachtrag: sehr guter digital to analog audio konverter, aber.. ich nutzte diese gerät um mein altes 5.1 panasonic sound system, per cinch - an optisch audio (TOSLink) weiter nutzten zu können. die soundausgabe ist hervorragen. leider ist das erste gerät nach einem jahr laufzeit kaputt gegangen. woran es liegt, weiß ich nicht. wenn man den sound lauter stellt oder videos vorspult, gab es ab und so kleine aussetzter, mit dumpfen geräusche. somit musste ich ein zweit gerät kaufen. der preis ist aber völlig okay. vielleicht weiß ja jemand hier bei amazon, was das sein könnte? würde dieses gerät trotzallem wieder kaufen! danke an amazon für die schnelle lieferung! :-)

Nej den fungerade inte som den ska , från första dagen krånglade den. När jag vred upp ljudet fullt, vid 80% började det att bli oljud i mina stereohögtalare. Senare när jag vred till hälften då blev ljudet obalanserat. Ddtta exemplar fungerade inte som den skulle.

I needed a DAC (Digital to analogue converter) to run my TV into my stereo system that has no optical inputs. So: To use your TV into a stereo amplifier you need: A DAC, optical lead (Toslink) and a pair of phono to phono leads. If you want to input a Coax digital lead from your DVD / Blu Ray player you will need a lead for this. Previously I had used a cheap little black box device to do this, there's loads about priced around £10. I was never happy with the sound from the cheap box and decided to buy the Avantree DAC and bite the bullet of the £24 cost. I am very happy that I did. This 'improved' model is the one to get as there are plenty of reviews for the earlier version that show up some shortcommings. It arrived and I plugged it in straight out of the box. Connected the supplied USB power lead to a USB socket on my TV, connected the supplied optical lead in, connected the phono leads to my amp and a digital Coax from my Blu Ray. All the leads go into the Avantree and are clearly marked. The unit is very well made from metal and is small enough to tuck away, though you might want to keep it accessible as there are two switches you might want to use. One is a power on/off switch, though I just leave it on as the unit turns off when you turn off the TV and on when you turn on the TV. The other is to switch between the optical and coax inputs. There is also a headphone socket if your TV doesn't have one (Output only, you can't plug a phone etc into it.) Importantly there is a volume control which controls the headphone output and the RCA (Phono) output. I turned this up to full as it makes it easier to adjust the sound on my amplifier. My old unit did not have this feature and I had to turn the amp up a lot more to get a full sound. My ears can't tell if there are any faults with the sound. No bright laser like light either, just a discreet green light to let you know its on. Did I get the sound quality I wanted? A qualified yes to this, sound is very good and clear with no loss of quality. A recommended product and yes I bought this with my own money and I am not connected to Avantree in any way.