Editing AES3 (section)

==History and development==
The development of standards for [[digital audio]] interconnect for both professional and domestic audio equipment, began in the late 1970s<ref name="AES-standards-history">{{cite web|url=http://www.aes.org/standards/about/|title=About AES Standards|access-date=2014-01-07|publisher=Audio Engineering Society|quote="In 1977, stimulated by the growing need for standards in digital audio, the AES Digital Audio Standards Committee was formed."}}</ref> in a joint effort between the Audio Engineering Society and the European Broadcasting Union, and culminated in the publishing of AES3 in 1985. The AES3 standard has been revised in 1992 and 2003 and is published in AES and EBU versions.<ref name="AES-EBU-3250-E"/> Early on, the standard was frequently known as AES/EBU.

Variants using different physical connections are specified in IEC 60958. These are essentially consumer versions of AES3 for use within the domestic [[high fidelity]] environment using connectors more commonly found in the consumer market. These variants are commonly known as S/PDIF.