Re: XLR cables in Japan, and DAC

["Greg Simmons" simmosonics]

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>  I was hoping to not have to spend much more money, but it seems as thoug=
h I may have to spend at least $200 to get anything that actually has 24bit=
 96kHz and optical input. If any of you have good recommendations I'd love =
to hear about it.

There are plenty of low cost DACs out there with SPDIF optical inputs, desi=
gned for the hi-fi market. Some are quite cheap; I have even seen DIY kits.=
..

Something like this might be all you need:

http://tinyurl.com/bc7fba

or

http://tinyurl.com/2ysngr

But it does not have a headphone socket, so if you wanted to work with head=
phones you'd have to plug it into a hi-fi amp or similar with RCA inputs an=
d a headphone socket.

If you poke around the budget hi-fi world long enough, you're bound to find=
 something.

- Greg Simmons