Orei DA21 Optical SPDIF/Coaxial Digital to RCA L/R Analog Audio Converter with 3.5mm Jack Support Headphone/Speaker Outputs

100% satisfied, perfect solution for my Studio monitors to work with my New Samsung QLED TV.

Quality is good

This unit works well when you listen on low volumes. On High volumes my headphones Jarr. I use over the year Audio Technica Headphones which are really high quality headphones, so the problem is with the unit. It is ok, if you want to watch movies at a medium volume. If you try listening to Music at high volumes this is not for you.

The sound output is quite poor. Both the system & TV sound output is quite loud but when using convertor, sound is equivalent to 20% of the maximum output even when both Tv & system are on full volume

I use it to convert digital to analog sound.

Sooooper

Product is all good but not volume control at all.

Bought so I could try to run my tv through a Pioneer SX 727. Worked perfectly. Was a bit surprised as the wire coming from the "optical" audio output was very thin. To be honest, now the sound coming out of the TV is as good or better than any of the other inputs! Also, very easy to install. I see they are lumping several models into this review section, so, I bought the blue and white one if that helps. Needs an outlet for the power supply. Good purchase!

Nesecitaba un producto como este para la salida de audio digital de un proyector que usamos para reuniones por motivos religiosos...Funciono muy bien, compacto, pero muy funcional sin ninguna distorsion de audio. La verdad buena relacion calidad/precio. Y les digo funciono muy bien esa primera y unica vez porque de ahi a los dos dias entraron unos ladrones y se llevaron todo(Esto es Mexico). En fin......ahora tendremos que empezar a comprar todo de nuevo y no dudare en comprar otro...Saludos¡¡¡¡

It works! We recently bought a Samsung Blu-Ray player as a gift for my son-in-law and his sweetie. Their flat screen had so-so built-in speakers and their old skool receiver had no HDMI inputs, just stereo RCA analog audio inputs. I purchased this unit and ALSO purchased this cable C2G / Cables To Go 29115 Velocity S/PDIF Digital Audio Coax Cable (6 Feet) . When we hooked it up it immediately worked. Audio content from movies sounds good, clear. Sound is in sync with the picture. Now their setup has some real bass and oomph. This will be a solution for them until they can afford a modern 7.1 surround receiver/speaker setup. Note: We went into the Blu-Ray player's audio settings and confirmed that PCM was set as the default. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CAVEATS, TECHNICAL ADVICE: Caveat 1: This only produces stereo output (Left and Right analog audio jacks). In the setting of your Blu-Ray player: You ** have ** to use PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) output setting if you want this to work right -- it specifies that right on the box. Now, some people may have an older receiver that would have a feature to synthesize surround for a 5.1 system but usually, if you have that feature available to you, then one would "tend to" also have HDMI inputs on their receiver. If you have HDMI inputs on your audio receiver... why bother? This is a work around for those who don't. IF your receiver has HDMI inputs, the high likelihood is that you don't need this. IF your receiver has HDMI inputs and you aren't getting audio output 1. Check your settings and the sequence in which you turn components on (I find that turning on my plasma TV before turning on my receiver works better). 2. You might need to find an HDMI cable that specifies it has "audio return". All that being said, if you need this kind of workaround solution to deliver an analog feed an older sound system, then ---> running your Blu-Ray player's sound output through a decent stereo's analog inputs using this interface conversion box beats the pants off using the the wimpy speakers in most TVs. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Caveat 2: OREI DOES ** NOT ** GIVE YOU A NON-OPTICAL (i.e. copper wire) CABLE ...which I believe will be the solution most people actually want. YOU HAVE TO PURCHASE ONE SEPARATELY. I strongly recommend buying a specifically "Digital" cable, labeled as being meant for SPDIF (Sony/Panasonic Digital Interface) like in the link I mentioned above - they run 5 - 10 dollars. If you try using a conventional RCA analog audio cable the digital signal may corrupt or the sound could stutter, especially over longer cable lengths. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Caveat 3: I suppose there may be some Blu-Ray players out there that, for cost cutting purposes, have omitted the SPDIF connector that looks like a single RCA jack. In which case this product would not be a solution you could use. Final note: This unit also comes with an optical connector interface and a probably 3 ft optical cable. I did not use that feature or test it so cannot speak to how well it works. You * could * run the blu-ray player's HDMI cable to your flat screen and then, IF it had an optical out, use the supplied optical cable to this OREI box and then run RCA analog cables to your stereo. The big unknown is: Will the audio output "lag" or stay in sync with your TV? Sometimes you can set video / sound delay in your TV. You'd just have to test. Again, if your receiver has HDMI built in, there is usually no need to use this kind of product.

Really good and easy to set up it worked straight out of the box with no hassle. The only issue I had was with the Sony PlayStation 5 audio sounding weird at first, but that turned out to be a settings issue rather than the device itself. Switching the PS5 audio output to 2-channel instead of 7.1 fixed it completely. Overall, very solid and does exactly what it’s supposed to.

I used this to connect my Apple TV (optical) to my high end stereo (analog). It works best using a USB port to power the unit rather than the included power supply. The DAC in the Orei sounds very good. I have a highly regarded dragonfly 1.2 USB DAC and the Orei sounds better in some ways. The dragonfly is more refined, but the Orei has a significantly better soundstage and a brighter sound. I get the feeling that the lower end DAC in the Orei does less processing so the sound is more true. Higher end DACs refine the sound more in an attempt to sound more analog and refined. I like listening to both DACs I have depending on what I'm listening to. DACs definitely have an effect on the stereo performance that I can't achieve with my equalizer.