[davidc2]

Grateful if someone who has an X-fi HD card could tell me exactly what cable I need for the optical out.  I will be using it with a DACMagic. The digital spdif sockets are described as optical, but they don't look like TOSLink sockets.  The optical cables in the product photos don't look like normal TOSLink cables either.  Do they need a converter like the Xonar STX?  Basically I need a longer (2.5/3m) cable run between the out of the X-fi HD and the in of the DACMagic than the provided cables will cope with.
 
Thanks.

 

[googleborg]

google TOSLINK-to-Optical Mini Plug for some options 

 

[davidc2]

Thanks.  Which end goes into the Xfi HD?  The mini optical plug presumably?  The socket looks like an RCA.

 

[googleborg]

the mini optical end goes into one of the 3.5 plugs, mic i think...:/ see which one has a light inside it...you could also use a plug in converter like on the XTX and then use a normal toslink, but an all in one is better.

 

[anetode]

It probably looks like an RCA because it's a combo Coax/Optical jack, which would need a 3.5mm optical plug.