Re: Optical cable to 3.5mm stereo jacks?

Ron Hardin wrote:

> I'm completely unfamiliar with what optical cable is up to.
>
> I'd like to electrically isolate a radio setup on one power main
> circuit, from a mixer board and computer on the opposite phase power
> main circuit.  At the moment they're connected with 30 feet of regular
> audio cable and an isolation transformer.
>
> But the isolation transformer is no match for a lightning strike, and
> I thought optical cable would be, given that there would be about 30
> feet of it.  It would save be disconnecting it every time a lightning
> storm comes over.
>
> What do I need, to use optical cable to replace what at the moment
> terminates in conventional 3.5mm stereo jacks at each end?
>
> Or do I have to start with completely different equipment and meantime
> forget it.

Optical cables aren't designed to pass analogue audio so yes you need to
consider another strategy.

Graham