DAMN Samsung TV

Samsung TV in/out

I bought a Samsung TV from a friend some mounth ago. I had it in my bedroom untill now. Yesterday I was going to watch a movie. It was late so people was sleeping in the room next to me. So I took my headphones and... "#¤% there was no headphone jack. WHAT? An almost brand new top of the line TV, and it dont have a headphone jack! In the middle of the night I could not find any solution to my problem. The only output I could find was optical. I had this kind of problems befor for other reasons, then it was damn hard/expencive to fix.
To day I had to fix the problem some how. I was thinking I had to get a amplifier for $xxx, or just get a new TV. I use the headphone all the time. 

Audioengine-D1

Anyway, not having high hopes I whent to the  electronics market and feared the worst. The sale person just said -Sure, I can fix your problem. Oh oh... Here it comes.

But no, he actualy showed me exactly what I wanted. Optical to 3.5mm headphones jack. I seen this befor but only in hi-fi shops and they cost alot more then I want to spent. OK, this one was not for free, but it was alot better than getting an amplifier.

Audioengine D1 is a nice little gadget that you can use not only for optical to headphones. You could use it to drive you active speakers directly from you computers USB. Realy sweet if you missing a audiocard in your computer.

One nice thing is that the Audioengine-D1 is that it takes it's power from the USB, and most TV's to day have an USB. So no extra powersupplys is needed. 


Just for fun I sent an e-mail to Samsung asking what solution they might have to the problem. They did not have one...