Customer Ratings & Reviews

This Insignia 4K Audio extractor does an excellent job, we use it to connect hearing aids for better listening experiences. Everyone can listen to the volume appropriate to them. Simple design that is easy to tuck out of the way.

This works as it should. I bought it because the Xbox Series X does not have an optical audio port so my Turtle Beach X800 Elites would not work. For that part, it works flawlessly and sounds great! The only bad part is, ever since I have been using this, sometimes my TV will reboot. I know that sounds weird but it literally started right away. To make matters worse, if I am playing on a gaming console and the TV reboots or for some reason the entire input refreshes, it makes my picture have a blue tint. Turning the TV off and then back on sometimes fixes it but usually I need to reboot the Series X and the TV together. This also happens if I go from the Series X input to another and then back. I am running everything through an Onkyo TX-NR575. Really annoying.

What I needed. Able to get audio to a sound bar out of a tv that has no Bluetooth or optical out. Sometimes it seems to be problematic with “understanding” the video signal at first but then works fine.

HDMI video signal can flake out occasionally when splitting it (turning the source off and on again a few times fixes it) as is typical with HDMI. If you're wondering, it does send audio to both the analog (RCA) and digital (HDMI) outputs. Very happy with this device, as it allowed me to continue using my analog stereo receiver and speakers with my Google Chromecast HD.

It did not work with a 70 inch LG TV with HDMIARC. I wanted to play the TV sound through my old Kenwood receiver with RCA inputs. I didn't get any sound from the RCA or headphone output. I tried the unit on my computer and had very good sound, of a video playing, from the headphone output to play on a 3 piece computer speakers system.

I bought a new TV and found out a lot of smart TVs don't have analog outputs for my Sony RF headphones. So, I bought this Audio Extractor and I plug my Roku streaming stick into its HDMI input, TV HDMI from my Vizio TV plugged into its HDMI output, my TV optical audio to its optical input, my Yamaha soundbar to its optical output, and finally my Sony headphone transmitter to its 3.5mm output jack. Everything works like a charm!

This device works very well as an audio extractor, Audio out is excellent quality and allows me to hook up my HDMI devices to my computer speakers AUX or optical input. I use a computer monitor as my tv as well, so it has no sound out, so I needed a solution to get sound from stream boxes and my xbox. Works great, with one exception. With this inline, the Apple TV 4K 2nd gen i recently bought, refuses to change Display settings. It gives error screen that says there was a problem changing and the tv may not support the setting. Plug Apple TV direct to the monitor, or through my hdmi switch, and I can change to any resolution SDR or HDR it offers. I can set say 4K HDR, then unplug the cable, put back into extractor, and it works fine, just can not change it unless its removed again. This is a big issue, since the Apple TV does not support Auto HDR switching and I mostly watch SDR content, but want to change to HDR when needed. It works perfect with my Nvidia Shield, no matter what resolution or Auto HDR, SDR mode. Just be warned, it does not work well with Apple TVs.

Great product!!! I was very thrilled with this purchase. Easy to install.

Audio output is satisfactory, but when playing HDMI audio from the source (Dell Inspiron) through the TV (LG 32), as well as into the stereo amplifier (AR 1515) there is a slight processing delay in the signal going from the audio extractor into the stereo. This results in an 3ms echo. Setup required quite a few configuration changes in the Dell computer audio setup to ensure the audio output of the extractor was high enough to play properly from the stereo.

This adapter is great for connecting sound to old systems, like my Denon receiver. I was unable to enjoy the connection of a new HDMI cord to my receiver because the technology is old. I am glad that I can enjoy listening to sound through my Denon receiver using this adapter especially through my woofer

I bought this because I have a Blu-Ray player with no analog audio outputs and no way to provide input to my portable speakers with the projector attached. By putting this between the player output and the projector input, I'm able to use the 3.5mm jack to connect some desktop stereo speakers. The output is perfectly adequate for this purpose. Unfortunately I did not test the optical digital audio output, but I'll assume it works. My only complaint is that I would have liked to have seen analog audio outputs for the additional (rear/center/SW) channels, and I've seen options from other manufacturers that support this.

This does exactly what I need it to do. I have a 4K monitor that doesn’t have any speakers, audio jacks, or anything that I can run audio from. I play a PS5 on it, however, I’m forced to always play with a headset to hear the audio. This device allows me to run the audio through a set of decent speakers/subwoofer. I was a bit skeptical that there would be some lag or loss of video/audio quality, but nope, there doesn’t seem to be any lag or quality drop off at all. The only reason I didn’t give it 5 stars is just because the design is kind of basic and ugly and doesn’t look good at all sitting on the desk. I’ll likely rig it with some velcro or something underneath the desk. Time will tell on that I suppose. It’s worth nothing that I only need to it run 60 FPS and 4K. I can’t speak to its performance at a higher frame rate.

This worked to give sound to Alianware Monitor. We had to figure out what exactly it was that we needed to get sound and this was it.

My mistake, before buying I should have looked for optical output but bought Samsung - 65” Class Q6F Series QLED 4K UHD SamsungVision AI Smart Tizen TV (2025) which does has HDMI ARC (eARC) audio output. I was referred by Best Buy Audio Expert to buy this Audio Extractor to be able to use my sound system. However, this one does not work with the Samsung ARC or eARC. Best Buy cheerfully accepted return and refunded my purchase.

I was disappointed to learn that the Xbox Series S has no optical audio out! I am still using a Yamaha receiver with 5.1 as my sound system (old school, I know!) and really needed to get the optical to hear 5.1 This Insignia box did the trick. Two things to watch for after you install it: 1) Make sure the switch on the box is set to 5.1 2) After installing it, you will need to set the audio out in the settings of the Xbox Series S. Make sure to mark the the "Pass Thru" on the audio options screen.

Bought it to connect my Xbox to my monitor with a soundbar transmit audio pretty good no delay.

Can confirm 1080p 120hz works with this paired with a ps5. Have not tried 4k 60hz as it is advertised but the 120hz capability in 1080p tells me it would have no problem doing 60hz in 4k. It's a simple and sleek product that gets the job done. Now able to channel audio from my ps5 to my Schiit stack and run hdmi to my monitor.

Using my soundbar HDMI arc wouldn’t allow 1440p. Got this thing, connected to soundbar with optical cable and good to go! 1440p @ 120 Hz HDR.

Was great product for Audio extractor with for 4K. This is a product that is a good price.

This worked perfectly for my needs. I needed to send a 4k HDR signal from my roku to my projector and receiver separately because my receiver isn't new enough to pass the signal through itself. I tried a 4k hdmi splitter first but it downconverted both signals to 1080p because of my receiver. This extractor pfixed the issue and was cheaper as well!