Ok, couple questions wrapped together here.
I haven't used the airport express but it does have an audio output just
like on your mac, so you can go analog or digital from there to your
amp. Some audiophile types found the digital optical output from the
airport to their receiver gave much bet
Hi Chris and anyone else following this crazy topic!
So chris If I'm understanding you correctly I might be able to either
just purchase a separate amp and feed the output from my slightly underpowered
receiver to it. that way the mac out put could be boosted but I could also
attach a
Chris,
Excellent reply & very informative. It brought all my old-days of chasing the
perfect, next best thing, in surround-sound. Boy oh boy, when I consider all
the money I put in to that stuff through out the late 80's & 90's, it makes me
blush. Anyway, again, great simplified explanation
So the Mac actually has two kinds of audio output, analog stereo and
optical/digital multi-channel.
The first is probably more familiar which would be to have a
mini-headphone cable with standard left/right RCA connectors on the
other end which you run to an input on the receiver and you get n
if you just want surround sound and nothing else, you're using your mac as your
main media source, the surround sound controllers on the market can
automatically handle setup for you, as long as you send your main signal from
the mac to the source, it should all go pretty well.
I recommend Sony
Hello Listers,
I'm having a lot of trouble getting my head around the new surround
sound systems. What I think might work best for me is to find a older powerful
stereo receiver or receiver and amp that I can plug my computer directly to and
perhaps also connect a airport express or Ap
