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The UR23 accepts SPDIF optical signals and transfer this to a computer over USB. Suitable to transfer DAT tapes, minidisk or other digital source to audio files on your computer.
Compatibility
It works in USB Audio Class 1 (sample rates up to 96kHz/24bit) and works without drivers with all major systems and programs; Windows, MAC, Linux. It appears as an input device, and you can use any suitable recorder like the free Audacity or any other professional application to capture the stream.
The input is optical 3.5mm connector. We include a cable TOSLINK to 3.5mm and also a TOSLINK to 3.5mm adaptor, so that you can use it with either if your source has the bigger TOSLINK optical connector, or a 3.5mm optical output.
Specifications
- Optical SPDIF input through 3.5mm connector.
- Cable and adaptor for both TOSLINK and 3.5mm connector sources included
- Accepts 32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz and 96kHz sample rates and 16 and 24 bit
- USB type-A connector
- Dimensions:5.5 x 3.5 x 1.8 cm (without cable)
- Weight 30g
Model: UR23
| Weight | 0.04000000 kg |
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Matt –
This is a very handy little device that exactly met my needs. I was surprised at what a narrow niche this product seems to occupy. There are very few devices that are capable of filling this role, let alone at its price point.
First – MAKE SURE TO CONFIGURE THE OUTPUT DEVICE AND THIS TO THE SAME bit AND Hz SETTINGS. My output and this defaulted to different bit and Hz settings in Windows 10, which resulted in background noise, intermittent performance, and the pitch of my voice being off. Was a little confusing until I corrected the setting. In hindsight it makes sense.
In my setup, I’m running a USB mic to my personal computer, processing the input through OBS with a noise filter, then sending the audio voice signal out from the digital optical port on my motherboard. Then I’m using this device to receive the digital optical signal and and bring it in as an audio input on its own USB sound card (this) plugged into my work laptop. I’m able to select this devices input as the “microphone” input for Teams or Jabber etc without issue. It works very nicely. I was impressed with the improvement in audio quality when I switched to this instead of running analogue from my computer to my work laptop. It also seemed to have observably less lag than when running analogue, which was a welcome surprise to me. The other big hurdle I had to deal with when running analogue was circumventing a ground loop noise issue. I had to use a ground loop isolating transformer wired into my analogue connection to remove the ground loop interference. This digital optical solution completely circumvents that issue, not to mention avoiding degradation from digital-to-analogue plus analogue-to-digital conversions.
I’ve only used this a couple days so far, but so far I’ve been completely satisfied.
Notes:
The optical Toslink cable included is 1 meter long.