January 6, 200917 yr I want to shoot the audio out of the USB port on my Apple Express instead of the optical out. You tell me how. And none of this "it can't be done" nonsense. Thank you for your assistance.
January 6, 200917 yr Author how good are you at firmware programming? I'm the BEST. No, of course not. I have no idea about any of that stuff. I was thinking more along the lines of using some jumpers and all would be good. So not an easy project in other words, eh?
January 6, 200917 yr The real way to do it is to crack open the express, and replace the audio daughterboard
January 6, 200917 yr Author The only device I know of that will feed optical to a usb dac is a computer Agree, that's what my research indicated.
January 6, 200917 yr The real way to do it is to crack open the express, and replace the audio daughterboard Yes, this has a decent shot of working, cutting the existing traces to the USB jack, removing the audio board, and wiring the usb pins which had been feeding the audio board to the USB jack, in a manner which doesnt completely screw with the USB wiring standards. We know that at least older versions used the PCM2705 for the audio board, so it would be fairly simple on these, but I have heard, though unsupported by photos or anything, that the current expresses use something else. Also, since the thing is sonically welded together, you would have to recase it afterwards, instead of just closing it back up. Well, maybe duct tape would work.
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