Cubilux USB A SPDIF Input Adapter, Compatible PC [Stereo Recording ONLY, NOT for Playing Audio] USB Optical Line-In Dongle, Toslink to USB Receiver

This device converts a digital optical signal from a DAC or other devices into a line-level signal that goes into your PC via USB. From there you can use Audacity or other apps to make a digital recording. My phono pre-amp, the Parks Audio Waxwing, has co-ax and digital outputs, so this is perfect for digitising vinyl records. The results sound beautiful. It handles up to 96 kHz/ 16 bit stereo. There's no discernable background noise or other colouring by the device, samples are clean. The Cubilux just worked as soon as I plugged it it, no setup was required for me on a Windows 11 PC. So overall, this little device is perfect!

Works a treat. Great value too.

Using this item with a Raspberry Pi to record from a digital source using Audacity, working flawlessly without the need to install additional drivers. Also used with the digital output version of this device to perform loop-back recording of digital audio from Raspberry Pi back to Audacity... very happy =)

Useful way to get optical signal into the computer, however the information supplied was very brief. It needs a daw to allow the audio to be heard or recorded.

The positive reviews are accurate. It does what it says it does and clean audio. In my case I wanted to add an audio streamer to my windows PC connected to a famous audio mixer. So I can get a multi room audio in my home office. The little trick in Windows is that it's seen as a usb mic (not a sound card), you have to go in the Sound settings > Properties > Listen and click listen to this device, no DAW or other software needed, but you can capture it in Audacity or any other DAW of your choice.

Works perfectly - clean audio, no ground loop noise or other nonsense. Autodetects bitrate (works at 44100 and 48000, not tested others), holds sync all day (10 hr recording). All good

Returned. To Amazon, great as usual

See the photo. The HDMI audio extractor is fine but in a messy lab analog audio gets buzzes and hums. I had some success going via the DAC (box with white and red phonos) optical in and a short analog cable but with the SPDIF to USB the signal stays digital. I only need stereo. Incidentally the Prozar DAC costs 10 quid and comes with an optical cable, while Amazon Basics 0.5m cable alone costs a fiver. Linux info below lsusb Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0c76:1151 JMTek, LLC. USB SPDIF Receiver pactl list sources Name: alsa_input.usb-0c76_USB_SPDIF_Receiver-00.analog-stereo

I got this device so I could connect the analog output of my turntable to to my laptop computer for vinyl record conversions. My turntable already had an analog to digital converter (ADC) that I'd previously bought from Amazon, which converts standard two-channel analog audio outputs on the turntable to a digital optical signal (SPDIF). My laptop, like most computers, has no connection for an SPDIF cable, so I needed a bridge between the ADC's optical output to my laptop's USB port. This device does exactly that. Optical SPDIF cables use a thin glass fiber housed in a protective sleeve, similar to a wire's insulated cover, to send light pulses containing audio information between stereo components. These cables use Toslink connectors at both ends that snap into compatible Toslink ports you'll find on some CD/DVD players, AV receivers, TVs and other components. So how can you connect a non-electrical optical cable to a computer's USB port? With this Cubilux adapter, which saved the day. The Cubilux does an excellent job of converting SPDIF optical audio signals into electrical data via a standard USB A port on your computer. All you need is an optical output on your source device such as a CD player or TV/video device (or, in my case, a turntable with an A to D converter), an SPDIF cable of the appropriate length for your setup, and this Cubilux adapter that plugs into your computer's USB port. Of course you'll need software in the computer that knows how to accept the USB port's digital audio signal -- I've been using a program called VinylStudio for this -- and you're off and running. This setup provides a bridge between the home entertainment world and the computer world, since SPDIF was only intended to provide clean digital connections between consumer electronics equipment without any electrical interference (it uses a light beam). It was never intended to be used with computers, so I'm very appreciative that this converter exists, and that Amazon sells it for a very reasonable price. I really don't know where such a device could be found anywhere else. Performance-wise, the adapter works like a charm. The sound quality is excellent, and appears to be transparent, meaning that it doesn't seem to be affecting or coloring the source signal in any way. It's powered by the computer's USB port, so there's no wall wart or other power connection required to use it. I'm very impressed by the adapter's performance. It's been rock solid during nearly 100 vinyl album conversions so far, and it does exactly what I needed it to do. Most importantly, t's allowing me to rediscover music, some of which is long out of print, that I've not heard for decades, which can now be stored on my phone and computer and listened to wherever I am. Many thanks to the company that developed this excellent product.

Ich musste seit Jahren eine Creative X-Fi Titanium PCIe Soundkarte in meinem PC betreiben damit ich den Audio Stream meiner Nintendo Switch und PS3 aufnehmen kann um ihn mit meinen Kopfhörern zu mischen! Mit den üblichen USB Soundkarten war das vergebens weil anders als ALLE ANDEREN Konsolen senden NUR die PS3 und Nintendo Switch aus einem mir absolut unerklärlichen Grund das Copyright-Bit (SCMS) in ihrem PCM Stream was verhindert, dass meine billige USB Soundkarte mit SPDIF Eingang den Ton aufnehmen will, da der Chip in jener "SCMS Compliant" ist. Ich habe diverse USB Soundkarten und HDMI Audio Extractor ausprobiert und keine ging, bis jetzt konnte nur die X-Fi Titanium den Ton aufnehmen da diese das Copybit im "Game" Mode auch ignoriert. Dieser Adapter kann es jedoch auch und funktioniert einwandfrei unter Linux! Jetzt kann die alte X-Fi endlich in Rente gehen. Jetzt muss ich mir doch keinen Elektor SCMS Killer basteln und noch dazu ist dieser USB Adapter auch deutlich schlanker! Dass es wirklich Jahre gedauert hat bis endich jemand ein solch simples Produkt auf den Markt bringt ist mir unerklärlich, aber ich bin glücklich!

Testé avec Pulseaudio - parfait.

I've been having trouble being able to capture optical in, have tried 2 different sound cards and nothing. But this was just quite literally plug and play, and it just works, I have nice clear audio. It is only 2 channel audio which is kinda a down side but I only need to capture 2 channel audio, so it works perfect for me.

使いやすいです