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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Thelio hardware problem with Linux Mint Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 10:34:40 -0400 Organization: None Lines: 29 Message-ID: <usn4q0$3ljji$1@dont-email.me> References: <usl0v6$347pu$1@dont-email.me> <usmc3e$3g6h5$1@dont-email.me> <usn05k$3d3vd$1@dont-email.me> Reply-To: OFeem1987@teleworm.us Injection-Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 14:34:40 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="cf452e986c162ebc65c68cd49c65715c"; logging-data="3853938"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+XfGM+cF4ceAM/xUZi/k38" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:HOouTItNl3vpXuWM7/dlnpVY6gA= X-Mutt: The most widely-used MUA X-User-Agent: Microsoft Outl00k, Usenet K00k Editions X-Slrn: Why use anything else? Bytes: 2163 vallor wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties: > On Mon, 11 Mar 2024 07:33:02 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro > <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote in <usmc3e$3g6h5$1@dont-email.me>: > >> On Sun, 10 Mar 2024 19:16:55 -0000 (UTC), vallor wrote: >> >>> Thing is, the TOSLink connector is usually on the motherboard, and I >>> don't have problems with them. But this time, I think the connector is >>> on a daughterboard, and I suspect it is connected to the motherboard >>> via USB. >> >> Is an optical connection really worth using? > > I prefer it, if only because the sound takes a pure digital > path to the DAC in the amplifier, and it's opto-isolated. > > But USB would offer the same pure digital path, and the > amplifier accepts USB. Both are plugged into the UPS, > so maybe I should just go for it. (I've just had bad luck with > USB audio before, but perhaps that is a thing of the past.) If you get buzzing/noise, this would help: https://www.amazon.com/Nobsound-Audio-Eliminator-Industrial-Protection/dp/B07GF8643T -- Never laugh at live dragons. -- Bilbo Baggins [J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Hobbit"]