Any decent head units out there with an optical out.

[kramer_212 10+ year member]

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[West]

Im sure the list is short... but it'z a good question.

The p99rs doesn't have one :/

 

[double 07 10+ year member]

NVM you said optical out.......I love my Clarion CZ-702 though

 

[West]

Pioneer RS-D7R

Good luck finding one though...

 

[kramer_212 10+ year member]

thanks west can't seem to find one though.

bump for others.

 

[Fi-brations 10+ year member]

im curious too, are there really no new hu's with active capabilty, 7 plus band eq, t/a, i would really like to try a double din as well

 

[jteske88 10+ year member]

optical in a car? in all my years ive never run across this. dont get me wrong ive used it in my HT setup for years. My qeustion is why are you needing a optic output anyway? what would it be running to?

 

[fasfocus00 5,000+ posts]

i think alpine had one or one of their processors did, but the car audio industry is content with using RCA and not simplifying to a better audio signal (really wish they'd go to fiber optic or hdmi for more capabilities)

 

[trumpet 5,000+ posts]

Optical out isn't used anymore because with the older source units that have it it only works on CDs. AM/FM radio? Nope. SiriusXM? Nope. HD radio? Nope. iPod/iPhone? Nope. So who here honestly jams their CDs that often that they really need optical out? Plus there's the issue of whether we can actually hear a difference between optical and RCA out when we're driving. You know, that thing we do with our cars rather than using it as a listening room. SQ competitors are a different story, but that's too small a niche.

 

[kramer_212 10+ year member]

optical in a car? in all my years ive never run across this. dont get me wrong ive used it in my HT setup for years. My qeustion is why are you needing a optic output anyway? what would it be running to?

Audison bit one

i found a kenwood dvd player i could run rcas to that has an optical out.

 

[d77543020 10+ year member]

Audison bit onei found a kenwood dvd player i could run rcas to that has an optical out.

yea sound man always uses the bit one optical out with there ipad installs

 

[West]

Audison bit onei found a kenwood dvd player i could run rcas to that has an optical out.

I have an alpine dva-9861 with optical out 220$ shipped.