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Connecting computer to amp
I'm currently running a linux server into an Onkyo home theater system
using a USB-to-toslink device, and all is well. I'd like to migrate to slightly different set-up. I'm planning to connect speakers in four zones into a speaker hub with support for auto-muting volume controls, and have wall-mounted volume controls in each of the four zones. The linux server (a de-commissioned laptop) is in the basement, and I'll need more power than the current Onkyo has, so I'm thinking that I'd bypass the home theater system (saving that for films) and go with an amp near the server. So, I'm wondering: 1. Can I connect the computer directly to the amp? For example, will the computer work as a pre-amp, and I switch from the toslink approach to a minipin-to-RCA jacks approach. Are there drawbacks to this? 2. If not, are there inexpensive pre-amps that will take the toslink as input, and that I can then connect to the amp? 3. Are there better approaches than either of these that I'm overlooking? Thanks! |
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Yes, I have connected my old hifi amp to my pc to use the speakers
that the hifi came with. I plugged my amp into my soundcard 3.5mm jack via a "3.5mm jack- 2xRCA" cable. This wokrs very well |
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