Connect beam with optical cable to schiit Hel2

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Hi,

I connected my sonos beam with the adapter hdmi-optical to my schiit hel2 DAC/AMP but it doesn't work, no sound come from the soundbar. I also installed the s2 software and tryed with my creative x3 and it works. Any suggestions? How can I fix it? Thanks

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Ken_GriffithsAnswer

@Cristmas,
Maybe study this link below and just see if any of the available options may apply… if none of them are open to you, then you most likely need to rethink your existing hardware in order to connect Sonos to your PC/Other devices:

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CristmasAuthor

Contributor I

It’s a possibility, yes. You could check this - I don’t own one.

I see the manual, I confirm the optical port is input, so what can I do? Thanks

Thanks for all answers

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CristmasAuthor

Contributor I

And to directly answer your question, no idea. This isn’t a support forum for Schiit. You’d probably need to look at the manual to see how to identify the output, or contact their customer support.

And certainly the issue raised by @106rallye would be a concern, as well.

Do you know a soundbar with an optical output compatible with hel2?

Airgetlam

Unfortunately, I do not, I use Sonos Arcs, and haven’t looked beyond that.

Bruce

Mr. T

Do you know a soundbar with an optical output compatible with hel2?

I doubt many, if any, soundbars would have an optical output. The whole point of a soundbar is to receive a sound signal to play on it.

106rallye

Do you know a soundbar with an optical output compatible with hel2?

Why does the soundbar need to have an output? What do you want to achieve? I thought you wanted to connect an outside source to your soundbar to make the soundbar play the sound it receives. Did I not understand you right?

jgatie

A DAC is a ‘D’igital to ‘A’nalog ‘C’onverter. This means the input is ‘D’igital and the output is ‘A’nalog. Not sure what you are trying to achieve here, but you are most certainly not doing it correctly.

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CristmasAuthor

Contributor I

I would like only to connect a soundbar to my hel2 if it's possible

jgatie

I would like only to connect a soundbar to my hel2 if it's possible

Only if you convert the analog out of the DAC back into digital with an ADC, but that will negate any perceived improvement from the DAC.