Advanced soldering skills required
This modification board grabs the pure 32KHz/16bit digital audio from the full size Super Nintendo and Super Famicom (not the SNS-101/SFC Jr.) and outputs it as S/PDIF over coax, allowing external DACs and receviers to decode the digital audio stream from the SNES with better clarity and zero noise. This is unlike the original analog audio from the SNES which has poor frequency response and is prone to noise and interference.
As this board is designed to re-use the original RCA connector on the SNES, it is required to remove the circuit board inside the RF modulator to make room for the digital audio board. This means the old RF output will be disabled and instead the RCA jack is used for the S/PDIF coax output, allowing easy connection to your receiver or DAC without any case modifications.
Note the digital audio is output via coax only, however it is possible to use a cheap coax to toslink converter if optical is required or preferred.
Super Game Boy (SGB) and MSU-1 audio is not output over digital S/PDIF. The Super Game Boy and MSU-1 audio is converted to analog inside the cartridge itself and does not get output as digital audio from the SNES. The digital audio mod does not affect the analog audio from the SNES and all analog audio including SGB and MSU-1 audio will still be available via the multi-out connector.
Also be aware that this mod, like similar SNES digital audio mods, is not guaranteed to be compatible with all receivers or DACs. This appears to be due to the SNES pausing the digital audio stream when no audio is being played back, and depending on the game this can happen multiple times per second, even mid song. From my own tests I've had an 85% success rate with only one device (Pioneer VSX-920) suffering regular audio dropouts. Unfortunately there is no known fix for this, but I have had success using this external DAC. Please keep in mind it is from AliExpress so the components used in these may change without notice and no longer work with the SNES digital audio.
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