Sescom SES-AES-EBU-Y Impedance Matching AES/EBU XLR Y-Splitter Cable

I needed to connect the balanced AES digital output of an FM tuner to both a DAC and another device with only co-axial SPDIF input. I did test first that the SPDIF device tolerated the AES metadata pattern. This Sescom adapter took care of the splitting function, and I used a Carnare 110-to-75 ohm inline impedance transformer for the balanced to coaxial function. Finally, I added an inline attenuator (with male and female F-connectors) to reduce the voltage to 0.5 peak-peak as expected by an SPDIF device. (I verified all the voltages with an oscilloscope.)Obviously, I needed some additional adapters for dealing with the mix of BNC, F-, and RCA phono connectors, but these were at-hand from previous projects. Although not pretty, it all works (in use, the cabling is out of sight). I verfied with careful headphone listening that the sound appears identical with the FM tuner output going down either signal path.I found the Rane document (file name "Interfacing_AES3_&_SPDIF.pdf") the most useful in providing background information and suggestions for performing this AES to SPDIF adaptation.