Creating an Optical Audio input for Tritton headphones for Macs

[appleslave]

I am trying to find an audio optical connecter that will help me use my Tritton surround sound amp and gaming headphones on my iMac. Is there a way to do this where you can get a optical audio converter to connect to macs so that you can connect the optical cable for the amp into the imac?

 

[flopticalcube]

The headphone socket doubles as the optical audio output. You just need a mini-toslink adapter and you can connect a toslink cable to your amp.

 

[appleslave]

The headphone socket doubles as the optical audio output. You just need a mini-toslink adapter and you can connect a toslink cable to your amp.

Could you please elaborate .... here is the link to headphones i have

The headphones go in the amp with a round looking connector like the one on old keyboards. The amp then connects to ps3 or a computer through the fiber optic cable into the fiber optic input but new imacs and macbook pros dont have that????

 

[flopticalcube]

I am assuming you connect via a toslink optical cable. You need this 86 cent part

http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10423&cs_id=1042301&p_id=2671&seq=1&format=2

Stick that in the iMacs/MacBook headphone socket and stick the optical cable in the back of it.

 

[appleslave]

I am assuming you connect via a toslink optical cable. You need this 86 cent part

http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10423&cs_id=1042301&p_id=2671&seq=1&format=2

Stick that in the iMacs/MacBook headphone socket and stick the optical cable in the back of it.

That's exactly what i needed. Thanks a bunch!!!! I just bought it!!!!

 

[Mr.Bullitt]

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