Re: MD: Cheap TOSlink soundcard?

[Remko van der Vossen]

I realize that there are now several options $70 and up for a soundcard
complete with optical out.

But, is there a decent-quality soundcard under $50 with an optical out for
MD recording from the PC?


Buy a soundboard with a S/PDIF output, this is usually a 2 pin 'jumper'
connection, then you'll have to buy some electrical components and build (or
let someone else do that) a little converter, it requires less than 10
components. possibly even 1.

There's enough info on cenverters on the net;

http://www.stack.nl/~leon/spdif/
http://mason.gmu.edu/~gsopko/spdifttl.html

are two very good ones.

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Re: MD: Cheap TOSlink soundcard?

[Simon Gardner]

 I realize that there are now several options $70 and up for a soundcard
 complete with optical out.

 But, is there a decent-quality soundcard under $50 with an optical out for
 MD recording from the PC?

Have a look at the Aureal Vortex2-based cards - quite a few have a single
optical out (Aureal SuperQuad, Videologic SonicVortex2, Xitel). In the UK,
they can
be picked up for about 40 UKP mail order.

Simon


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