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I have a pulsar1 and a creamware a16 a/d d/a convertor that im using
with all four adat connectors to provide all available 16 mono ins
and outs on the a16. I recently purchased a luna2 in the hope that I
could use the 1 zlink port from the luna and one pair of adat
connections to do the same job as all four adats were doing and free
up a pair of adats to use in spdif mode with a new dat recorder I
purchased at the same time ( it only has fibre spdif and no coax
spdif). I found out that its impossible to use half the adat fibre
ports as adat and the other half as spdif which meant I could not
connect all available ins and outs on the a16 at the same time.

Im now thinking of selling the pulsar and keeping the luna with the
addition of a adat / zlink expansion board.

My question is , does anyone know if its possible to use both zlink
ports , one on the card itself, and the other on the expansion board
while also using the adat connectors as fibre spdif.

The other question is , if I keep both the luna and the pulsar and
get the adat/ zlink expansion , is it possible to use one set of adat
fibre ports as spdif , and the other as adat while using both zlink
ports ( one on the luna , the other on the expansion board)

Thanks in advance!

yes, you can use all that suff if you keep the p1. keep it or you'll miss the dsps....

it's no big deal to convert an electrical s/pdif to optical.
You just need 5V, the TOS-link transmitter and a resistor - and (possibly) for decoupling in noisy sourroundings (like the PC case) 2 caps and a small coil.
A readymade box should be available for 20 bucks - don't be fooled (as hifi stores like to put some magic light on that stuff), there's NO active electronic involved.

cheers, Tom

yes, good point.
here's a hosa item:
http://www.hosatech.com/hosa/products/o ... gital.html
http://www.hosatech.com/hosa/products/o ... gital.html