Im interested in learing how to connect my PC to my Stereo Reciever in order
to play my digital music through my stereo.
I am assuming that i would need a sound card that has this capability, but
is there any good advice on how to do this or a good tutorial online that
might help me with this?
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I just connected my line-out jack on the sound card to the aux-in
connections on the receiver. Had to use an adapter to go from the 1/8"
stereo jack on the sound card to the jacks on the stereo, but Radio Shack
carries just such an adapter.
Of course, your sound card needs to have a line-out jack, the most recent
card I bought didn't have one. Not sure what would happen if you connected
to the stereo with a speaker-out jack on the card, but I don't think I'd do
it. Line-out carries standard line-level voltages/amplitude, but the
speaker-out voltage/amplitude is controled by the volume adjustment, which
would likely be able to push things too hard and could damage the aux-in on
the receiver.
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Newer soundblasters and other soundcards have a S/PDIF out. You can take a
minijack plug and run it via one RCA cable to your digital-in on your
stereo, if it has one. This is the easiest way to run digital out to your
stereo.
More advanced cards have Toslink plugs, which you can run a fiber optic
cable to your stereo with. This is obviously the more expensive option,
depending how close your computer is to your stereo.
It is worth it though, there is a noticable difference in quality from
analog to digital out, and if your stereo can decode DTS and Dolby Digital
all the better.
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