Hey guys. I have been looking at the Kanex iAdapt 51 adapter for a few weeks now and am curious as to what you guys think about it.
http://www.kanexlive.com/products/item.aspx?id=3495
If you read the description it says that it supports 5.1 Uncompressed LPCM audio.
This confuses me. I have read all of the FAQ's on their site and it says that the only function of the USB cable is to supply power to this unit. So what we are left with is an adapter that combines an optical audio cable and mini displayport cable into a single HDMI cable.
It has always been my understanding that an optical audio cable is not capable of sending uncompressed audio. How is this adapter able to take the same audio signal out of the mac yet convert it so that it is playing 5.1 uncompressed audio??
If this were possible, I would think that just using a standard optical audio cable should be able to send uncompressed 5.1 but it doesn't.
I know the plug on the other end is going to be HDMI which does support uncompressed audio... but it is still coming through the included optical cable before it gets to the adapter.
I would love to be able to play uncompressed audio from my mini when watching movies, and this seems like an incredible adapter, but I'm skeptical on how it can perform the functions that it claims it can.
If anyone has any insight on how this is possible or any experience with this adapter and would like to offer their "opinion" on the quality and functionality I'd greatly appreciate it.
Thanks guys!
Scott
http://www.kanexlive.com/products/item.aspx?id=3495
If you read the description it says that it supports 5.1 Uncompressed LPCM audio.
This confuses me. I have read all of the FAQ's on their site and it says that the only function of the USB cable is to supply power to this unit. So what we are left with is an adapter that combines an optical audio cable and mini displayport cable into a single HDMI cable.
It has always been my understanding that an optical audio cable is not capable of sending uncompressed audio. How is this adapter able to take the same audio signal out of the mac yet convert it so that it is playing 5.1 uncompressed audio??
If this were possible, I would think that just using a standard optical audio cable should be able to send uncompressed 5.1 but it doesn't.
I know the plug on the other end is going to be HDMI which does support uncompressed audio... but it is still coming through the included optical cable before it gets to the adapter.
I would love to be able to play uncompressed audio from my mini when watching movies, and this seems like an incredible adapter, but I'm skeptical on how it can perform the functions that it claims it can.
If anyone has any insight on how this is possible or any experience with this adapter and would like to offer their "opinion" on the quality and functionality I'd greatly appreciate it.
Thanks guys!
Scott