S/PDIF : coaxial to optical - clocking question

bigb6611 · November 22, 2012 at 4:09 PM

Hello all,

Can anyone shed some light on this one :

For audio interfaces which only have optical spdif (RME Babyface among others), I understand that a coaxial/optical converter would be needed in order use the Kemper's spdif IO.

But does the use of such a device impact on the clocking? I mean since the Kemper has to be the master clock, would the Babyface still "slave" ok, even though using such a converter device?

All the best,

- ben

tylerhb · November 22, 2012 at 4:58 PM

From what i know those converters only transform light into voltage and vice versa. So the binary data should stay the same which means there is no change at all.

bigb6611 · November 22, 2012 at 8:28 PM

Quote from tylerhb

From what i know those converters only transform light into voltage and vice versa. So the binary data should stay the same which means there is no change at all.

Yeah, I guess this makes sense.

Thanks for your input tylerhb!

ReDRuM · November 25, 2012 at 2:56 PM

Quote from tylerhb

From what i know those converters only transform light into voltage and vice versa. So the binary data should stay the same which means there is no change at all.

I would really appreciate it if mr. Kemper could confirm that using one of these converters is not going to "degrade" the KPA experience in any way

guitarnet70 · November 25, 2012 at 5:52 PM

Quote from ReDRuM

I would really appreciate it if mr. Kemper could confirm that using one of these converters is not going to "degrade" the KPA experience in any way

Is not an audio converter, is a converter from optical to electrical DIGITAL signal, still "1" and "0". It cannot change anything unless is not working...