PS4 to arcade cabinet - speaker connections

Tech Talk
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With the PS4 not having analog audio outputs anymore, how are you guys connecting your arcade cabinet’s speakers to it? I’m pretty sure a lot of custom cab and even Kraylix owners have thought about their audio situation, and not probably relied on the TV’s speakers.

On my setup, I’ve used computer speakers with my PS3 (AV out, stereo RCA to 3.5mm), but moving to the PS4, I’ve used an Optical to Analog converter box that had a headphone out port so the computer speakers can work without any more adapters. I’m currently having problems with my converter so I’m trying to see what the other options out there are available, aside of course from plugging my computer speakers on the Dualshock4. I know people have used Class T amps to power car speakers but I don’t know if those have optical inputs. My TV unfortunately doesn’t have a headphone jack so that throws out a potentially easy solution.

TL;DR - if you hooked your PS4 on your custom cab, what speakers do you have and how did you do it?

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Some monitors or HD TVs have an analog audio out

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There are splitters you can buy to separate the audio from an HDMI signal.

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Like one of these: https://amazon.com/J-Tech-Digital-Premium-Extractor-Converter/dp/B00BIQER0E/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1481555944&sr=8-8&keywords=j-tech+digital+hdmi+splitter

or if your using an HDMI monitor with a headphone/line out you can route the signal to the speakers.

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I’ve actually looked into that. Anyone have experiences with one?

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For the speakers look into some monitors that recording engineers use, they will often have optical inputs already.

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Grab one of these.

I became acclimated with these a while ago, when blu ray players stopped coming with analog outs.

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But how good is the device?