I use 3 of them to connect my PC sound card with a Decoderstation 5 of devil. Qualitatively there is little difference to the sound associated with an optical cable PS3. Only the music playback is very weak in the bass, but what is likely to be on onboard sound.
Especially because of the diverse uses I find this article recommended. Examples of which I have already tried, would be:
- Connect PC with hi-fi system
- Connect to MP3 player, iPod, mobile phone, etc. with hi-fi system
- Connection of modern equipment including older stereo systems
- Connection of older turntables to the PC to transfer music from vinyl to hard disk
- Connection of a laptop to an older TV without HDMI or VGA connectors, via S-Video and RCA input
- ...
I am consistently impressed by the product, in particular for the fair price, and therefore give it 5 stars.