Hi All!
Newbie to the Forums, lurker for months...
Finally gave in and bought an iBasso D14. LOVE it.
Have had some teething pains though. My BMW 320i seems to have a flaky 3.5mm audio jack (I'm a tech and have dealt with bad audio connections for 47 years, cleaning doesn't help. BMW will have to replace it under Warranty).
This drove me nuts since I bought it partly to help upgrade my car sound. {Sigh} Multiple cables all fail to give the right channel unless you hold it down
hard in the socket.
BUT. That's not my current problem. I also wanted to use it in my AV system. I have a Denon SACD / DVD Audio player. I wanted to grab the optical out and run it through the D14.
So I dug through my cables and found I had only
ONE mini TOSLINK cable, and it was mini TOSLINK on both ends. Of course the Denon uses the standard size. ... LOL.
So, I ordered this:
http://www.amazon.com/KabelDirekt-TOSLINK-Optical-Digital-Audio/dp/B00GZQWLF0?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00
which has one end mini, to regular.
I also ordered these:
http://www.amazon.com/Conwork-2-Pack-Toslink-Connector-Adapter/dp/B016466XPO?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00
Toslink mini to regular adapters, for my box of cables. Handy to have.
Neither work!!
Denon outputs Optical fine (it's how I run to my Yamaha RX-A3020 normally). Both cables light up when connected to the Denon, but no combination gives me a light (or connection, obviously) from the iBasso! It appears to seat properly, but I see no light with or without the cable.
Yes, I have the switch in SPDIF. Yes, I cycled power. Tried it in place during power on, power up and THEN switch, etc.; every combination of hooking and switching. No Joy.
Now, without bragging, I troubleshoot Computers and electronics for a living. But we all can miss things. I'm hoping beyond hope that it's not defective.
The unit works fine hooked USB to two phones and my PC. (Sounds WONDERFUL!!) But for the life of me, I can't get the optical in to work. Am I mad? Did I fail to face east at midnight? Maybe those bats wings I burned were past their code date.
Any ideas??
Thanks so much in advance,
PuterPro