J-Tech Digital Premium Quality SPDIF TOSLINK Digital Optical Audio 4x2 Matrix (4 Inputs 2 Outputs)

I have a nice Sonos Arc sound bar and a couple of Play1 surrounds for my TV. The sound is good but the surround never seemed to really be there. I was on the internet and stumbled across an issue that many TVs with optical output, only output stereo. What! So I checked my TV (with it's optical connection to my Arc sound bar) and sure enough, it only outputs stereo. It turns out I need something that will pull DD5.1 audio right out of my HDMI and send that to the speakers via an optical connetor. That's when I found this guy.This feels solid and well put together. It's small and its lights are pretty bright but not too bad. Hooking it up was fairly easy but the manual is terrible - it doesn't really tell you anything. However, I was able to figure it out and now it's hooked up and running.I have to say, the sound quality is significantly better. I am definitely getting my full surround out of my speakers. This is well worth the price!

Firstly, Amazon screwed up the first time and sent the wrong item - a similar switch from another supplier that cost about a third less, and worked only about a third as well. Sometimes it takes using an inferior product to recognize the incredible value of a quality item. I've used J-Tech products before and have always been impressed by the overall quality of manufacture. The J-Tech 4x2 matrix SPDIF TOSLINK switch might look like similar, less-expensive items, but it's much better built. The housing is very durable and the electronics are well-constructed. In contrast, the other switch had a cheap metal housing and some of the TOSLINK jacks actually physically disappeared inside the device when trying to connect an optical cable to them. Those jacks were evidently soldered directly to a circuit board without any physical support to hold them in place. In contrast, the J-Tech components are solid and reliable in use.In terms of functionality, the J-Tech switch functions very well and it's easy to use. The remote control works well but not at a distance, which is my only complaint. Selection of inputs for each of the two outputs is easy, and I like that they're independent of each other. That way, one can even have the same input connected simultaneously to both outputs if desired. Sound quality is excellent, as would be expected with digital signals. Overall, this is an excellent device.

Feeds two receivers from four sources with remote. This device works very well.I flipped unit upside down because the remote doesn’t make sense otherwise.-“A” and “B” are reversed.

Device has been connected since roughly Jan 15 2023. Used off & on between to computers, used for some minor music and/or video production or just listening to some tunes while working on the web. Yesterday, 15 Feb 23 turned on the unit and it didn't turn on. Of course power is plugged in. Still it will not turn on.Bummer. The 1 star is because it failed after, approx 3 or 4 weeks. Otherwise it would be a 4 or 5.Got in touch with Amazon Help and they are letting me return it for full credit.Maybe I got one made on Monday or Friday.I'll try something else.

I was previously using a cheap optical splitter to control the output of my audio signal between 2 distinct sets of speakers, but it was flaky and there was no support for 5.1. So I set out to find something better. I have 2 sources of audio input: PS4 (Vue) and TV (Chromecast) and 2 sources of output: Sonos sound bar and Yamaha AVR. I have all 4 devices now wired via optical cables, 2 inputs, 2 outputs respectively, to the J-Tech and can easily mix match while preserving a very high standard of digital audio. There are several other units on Amazon that look exactly like the J-Tech for about half the cost but being that the majority of good reviews are here plus J-Tech offers a better warranty, I paid the extra. These other cheaper units may be exactly the same thing. Controlling this unit will take a minute to wrap your brain around, the most important thing to think about is 4 inputs and 2 outputs. A and B are the 2 outputs which can be tied individually or together to each bank of inputs 1 through 4. Only 1 input signal can pass of course, but you can easily have both outputs active at the same time if you wish. I don't use the remote as it's not too much trouble to walk over the push the buttons when I need to, which is admittedly seldom. Yes this is another thing to plug into your A/V system and power on, but for the problem I needed to solve, it works very well. Good luck!

Bought this to add 5.1 surround sound on my PS5 Pro that I connected to my Logitech Z906 5.1 speakers via Toslink(optical) cable. This was easy to setup and works flawlessly. I definitely recommend!