On Sun, 2008-08-31 at 16:22 -0400, Cole Tuininga wrote: > ... then I need to figure out how to run the audio. > > I have an ok (I think) audio card - it's a SB Audigy SE. I've got a > pretty decent stereo (Yamaha RX-V1700 > http://www.yamaha.com/yec/products/productdetail.html?CNTID=451764 which > I got new, for $500 off list price ... yum). The real question is ... > how to hook the two of them together? :) > > I'm a bit of a neophyte wrt audio connectivity, so I'm kinda not sure > what I'm doing here. I'm assuming that I should be trying to run from > the digital audio out on the sound card, to one of the digital audio > inputs on the stereo, but which? And do I need a special cable?
Most SB cards have a mini digital coax output, so you need either a cable w/that type of connector on the end, or an adapter. Basically, a mono to single rca adapter and a standard rca-rca cable will do the job just fine -- should be an orange rca input somewhere on the amp that is digital coax. I used just such a setup until my frontend transmogrified into a Mac Mini (which has mini-toslink optical digital audio out as its digital audio output option). --jarod _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
