Ejlif - I agree. Something else is wrong. Toslink is notorious for jitter and while jitter is noise (in time domain) it shows only when signal is present. With no signal it should be quiet.
Ajackson1 - Jitter creates sidebands not harmonically related to root frequency and therefore audible even at low levels. With a lot of frequencies (music) it becomes noise on the top of the signal. It usually shows as a lack of clarity but if you can hear pink noise then it has to be something else. Double check setup on your MAC Mini
Ajackson1 - Jitter creates sidebands not harmonically related to root frequency and therefore audible even at low levels. With a lot of frequencies (music) it becomes noise on the top of the signal. It usually shows as a lack of clarity but if you can hear pink noise then it has to be something else. Double check setup on your MAC Mini