Reddit reviews StarTech.com 6 ft. (1.8 m) Toslink to Mini Toslink Cable - Toslink to Mini SPDIF - Audio Cable - Black - Digital Optical Cable (THINTOSMIN6)
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Digital audio cable (optical)SPDIFTOSLINK (M) to mini TOSLINK (M)6 ftfiber opticfor P/N: PEXSOUND7CHUltra thin and light weightIdeal for installations where space is tight or limitedHigh resolution digital cable with Toslonk/Mini-Plug connectors offer the most acurate digital audio signal transfer
Yes, there are at least three options (maybe more I am not familiar with). If you purchase an external audio interface with a USB -> Toslink digital path (like the Behringer U-Control UCA222), and an appropriate cable, you can transfer all the digital audio content you want in real time from your computer to your MZ-N505. Then you'd need to place your own track marks and name the tracks manually. With NetMD software running on a PC, you can transfer WAV files directly to an MD at LP quality and naming files is much easier. There is more modern software for Windows, Mac, and Linux that can afford SP transfers and which also automates file naming, but you'll need to be comfortable with a command line interface. Setting up any of this is a little outside my ability to support directly, but there are many tutorials online to be found if you look/ask around.
The white is digital out (maybe in as well?). If you buy a cable like this:
http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-THINTOSMIN6-Toslink-Digital-Optical/dp/B00016W6Y6
and plug the skinny headphone looking plug into the white jack then plug the other end into a receiver that card will do digital out.
I'm pretty sure your Mac Mini has an optical out hidden inside the 3.5mm jack. You just need a cable like this one or a mini-toslink adapter with a normal cable.
If you are going to use it with your macbook, you can get an optical link that plugs into the headphone jack!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00016W6Y6/ref=oh_details_o07_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
All you need is something like this: Link
Also I can confirm the Xonar DX has an optical out since I have used the one on mine.
yup.
it comes with one of these:
http://www.conrad.com/medias/global/ce/3000_3999/3200/3250/3251/325118_BB_00_FB.EPS_1000.jpg
but you can also get a cable thats 3.5mm on one end and toslink on the other end.
http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-THINTOSMIN6-Toslink-Digital-Optical/dp/B00016W6Y6/
Err i meant to link these: http://smile.amazon.com/StarTech-com-THINTOSMIN6-Toslink-Digital-Optical/dp/B00016W6Y6/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1415149690&sr=1-3&keywords=spdif
It will push 8 ohm speakers just fine. I believe you will need one of these cables https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00016W6Y6, also you can hook your PC up via USB.
The front jack is 3.5mm, but your headphones should come with an adapter for them.
ooo, I completely discounted optical since the AB350 doesn't have one. This should work then, right?
The manual states I have to use an HD front panel audio module (which i have), so I guess I'm basically doing the 3.5mm line out route but with S/PDIF. I was hoping to keep it cleaner, but at least it won't be all convoluted with HDMI.
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Edit: jk that link is a mini toslink, so that wouldn't work without the adapter.
This cable looks like the one you need.
ooh, how would i check for this? the chipset is VIA VT1705. I googled it and went to VIA's website on this chipset and it didn't talk about having optical out one of the 3.5mm
edit: wait it does say it has a S/DIF output! that takes the left side of the wire correct?