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gormenghast:
Is there such a thing and affordable?

My old MacBook unibody has an optical input but the thing is about to die, so I'm looking for another bit bucket for dat transfers.  I'm using a Sony D10ProII as my playback deck that has a proprietary digital cable that has AES-EBU output.  I'm also using a Hosa converter box converting the AES to optical spdif.

I might buy a Marantz deck with coax digital input and another Hosa converter from AES to SPDIF coax.

What are some other options.

jerryfreak:
lectrosonics SPDR takes AES

"affordable" is relative, i suppose

any mac optical input ive ever seen resamples all data and isnt suitable for bit-accurate work, fwiw

usually any spdif input can take AES if you use a 110:75 ohm transformer. you want the red one. ive used this on several devices successfully

https://www.markertek.com/product/bcj-xj-tr/canare-bcj-xj-trc-xlr-f-110-ohm-to-bnc-f-75-ohm-impedence-transformer

gormenghast:
I wasn't aware that the MacBook resamples or I wouldn't use it. 

Affordable would be the combo of another Hosa box and a used Marantz deck with the coax input, to me anyway. 

The adapter you shared looks like what I need, so the next step is to find a BNC>RCA digital cable ( or a BNC>RCA adapter--I have a coax cable with RCA's ), and the Marantz deck.  Does it matter which deck as long as it has the coax input?

yug du nord:
Looks like the Fostex FR-2 has an AES input.
https://www.oade.com/digital_recorders/hard_disc_recorders/FR-2.html

yug du nord:
Or can you use any deck that has an optical input??

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