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Anyone know the best way to take a spdif (coax) or optical digital audio signal from a high quality DAC/ADC and input into T510 for recording? I'm not finding anything that will convert to USB and most products have their own processing instead of pass through.

Thanks.....

I would say you need an external soundcard for that, either Expresscard or USB with the appropriate input.

jcvjcvjcvjcv wrote:I would say you need an external soundcard for that, either Expresscard or USB with the appropriate input.

Thanks..... I will research that route. So far I've been looking at recording interfaces primarily designed for musicians. Some do have spdif in and firewire to the laptop, but I'm trying to find out if that is pass through or whether it does its own DAC/ADC processing going that route.

You're out of luck as only docks 2503 and 2504 for earlier generations are equipped with S/PDIF

zekeblue wrote:

jcvjcvjcvjcv wrote:I would say you need an external soundcard for that, either Expresscard or USB with the appropriate input.

Thanks..... I will research that route. So far I've been looking at recording interfaces primarily designed for musicians. Some do have spdif in and firewire to the laptop, but I'm trying to find out if that is pass through or whether it does its own DAC/ADC processing going that route.

Euh, with SPDIF input, the signal is already digital, so no DAC / ADC.

jcvjcvjcvjcv wrote:

zekeblue wrote:
Euh, with SPDIF input, the signal is already digital, so no DAC / ADC.

That is what I would hope, but don't have 100% confidence that they designed it that way.