Optical audio out from Mac Pro to preamp

I want to use the optical audio out to a preamp. I am finding only very high end components. Is there anything affordable?

Do you already own the Mac Pro and preamp? All you need is an S/PDIF cable. Easily attainable for ~$20 or so. If it's not that simple, what are you referring to as "very high end components" being all you can find?

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hi there, i really hope that someone can help me with this issue that i'm experiencing.
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on my previous mac, a powermac G5, the sound system prefs automatically detected the headphones and changed the output to those when they are plugged in. in the same way when i unplugged the headphones the sound reverted back to the hifi without me having to change anything.
this is not the case with my new machine. i have to manually change the sound output in system prefs which is starting to get quite tedious. at the moment i've also got a strange situation where my sound is coming out of the hifi via line out, but the 'volume change' sound (the sort of click when you change volume on the keyboard) is coming out of the built in speaker of the mac pro.
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Is there anyway to have the optical audio in passthrough to optical audio out? I use my iMac as a home-entertainment box with a Elgato Hybrid getting video-signals from a cable-box. My iMac is connnected via fibre-cable to a surround-reciever.
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Hi all, I recently got an entry level 5.1 surround system for my PC (Logitech X-530, if you're that curious) and am wondering if it's possible to utilize my optical audio out with this system. From what I gather, I'd need some kind of decoder, but beyond that, I'm lost. I've tried googling it and searched around this forum a bit, but I can't seem to be pointed to any one product that'll do this. Any help is appreciated.

Ok, the speakers you got are just powered speakers with analog inputs.
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Second, if the latter, what kind of cable to I need if the optical is preferable?
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Does the optical audio out work?

I have the ATV HDMI connected to a HDMI switcher. The switcher output connected to an Asus 27" monitor. The other 2 units on the HDMI switcher is a PS3 and a Tivo. I also have a TosLink switcher for the audio on all the units. The output of my TosLink switcher is going to a Fiio D07 converter to get 1/8" stereo jack to a boom box. The PS3 and the Tivo units work fine. Meaning, HDMI for video works great and their optical audio outputs create line level signals which I can amplify through my boom box. Now the joy. When selected, the ATV shows up fine on my monitor. But I get no audio from the TosLink switcher.
Optical signal (light) verified: Check
Tried alternative channels on the TosLink switcher: Check (PS3 and Tivo work fine in all channels)
I have tried turning Dolby Off, Going to 16 Bit audio and all of their configurations.
I do not get errors relating to HDCP.
What I thought was going to be simple is turning into something unexpectedly frustrating. I would like som assistance before I remove the ATV from my "home theatre".

I wheeled an old HD TV into the living room. Took the HDMI from my ATV and plugged into the HDTV. The Optical output from the ATV still going to the switch and nothing happened. I then unplugged the optical audio cable from the ATV an used the optical output from the TV. Still nothing. Then, probably for the first time in my troubleshooting, I went directly from the ATV to the Fiio D07 and it worked. I was suspicious of the HDMI still in the HDTV. I turned off the HDTV. I still had audio. I unplugged the HDTV. I still had audio. I plugged the HDMI back into the HDMI switch. There was a noticeable pause in the output but in less than half a second, audio was back. So this got me thinking either the ATV got something from the HDTV while it was in the system that hasn't reset yet OR something might be interfering with my signal in the switch.
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Does the MBA have an optical audio out (toslink)?

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