Operation Manual

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O c t a v e 5 A
Use of digital audio connection (S/PDIF optical)
Optical inputs
Your Argon Octave 5A is equipped with two optical digital
inputs (shown marked no.1 on the drawing)
An optical Digital input means that you can connect a sound
source that has a optical digital output.
Conversion of the signal from digital to analogue would
normally happen in the sound source, but when connecting
your device via optical digital input, the D/A conversion will
happen in the Argon Octave 5A. This gives the shortest
path of the analogue signal which is the optimal aim for best
sound quality.
Octave 5A has a high quality build in D/A converter that
ensures you optimal sound quality with optical digital input
audio. Using optical inputs ensures you that the D/A
conversion happen in the speaker and not in the playback
device.
Nice to know about TV audio signal and optical inputs.
The optical input on Octave 5A is a fixed audio input where
the volume from a TV has to be adjusted on the Argon
Octave 5A speaker.
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