Re: Turtle Beach Santa Fe

[Arny Krueger]

fathom wrote:

> If I recall correctly, this is one of Arny's favorite
cheap
> sound cards.

That was the Santa Cruz, from about 3 years ago.

>It sounds good to me, too. Arny, can you explain
> how the digital out works? Is it coaxial or optical? The
> "versa-jack" is a mini-jack plug.

I can't find anything about a Turtle Beach Santa Fe card.

> I do have a mini-jack-->optical cable that I got in Japan
in
> 1993 with a Sharp minidisc player, but it doesn't light up
my
> decoder when I assign the versa-jack to the optical-out
from the
> sound driver. Any ideas?

Some MD recorder digtal ins are very selective about the
digital outs that they actually work with. There are some
SCMS issues, as well.

[Arny Krueger]

fathom wrote:
> "Arny Krueger" > wrote in
> :
>
>> fathom wrote:
>>
>>> If I recall correctly, this is one of Arny's favorite
>>> cheap sound cards.
>>
>> That was the Santa Cruz, from about 3 years ago.
>
> My mistake. It's the Santa Cruz
>
>>> It sounds good to me, too. Arny, can you explain
>>> how the digital out works? Is it coaxial or optical?
The
>>> "versa-jack" is a mini-jack plug.
>>
>> I can't find anything about a Turtle Beach Santa Fe
card.
>>
>>> I do have a mini-jack-->optical cable that I got in
Japan
>>> in 1993 with a Sharp minidisc player, but it doesn't
light
>>> up my decoder when I assign the versa-jack to the
>>> optical-out from the sound driver. Any ideas?
>>
>> Some MD recorder digtal ins are very selective about the
>> digital outs that they actually work with. There are some
>> SCMS issues, as well.
>
> Okay, but what sort of cable does the versa-jack want?

3.5 mm stereo jack.

>I need to connect it to the optical-in or coax-in on a
surround
> receiver, not the minidisc recorder.

Try a standard 3/5 mm-to dual RCA adaptor. Try both RCA
plugs, one at a time. Insulate the tip of the RCA plug you
don't use.

[Arny Krueger]

fathom wrote:
> "Arny Krueger" > wrote in
> :
>
>> fathom wrote:
>>> "Arny Krueger" > wrote in
>>> :
>>>
>>>> fathom wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> If I recall correctly, this is one of Arny's favorite
>>>>> cheap sound cards.
>>>>
>>>> That was the Santa Cruz, from about 3 years ago.
>>>
>>> My mistake. It's the Santa Cruz
>>>
>>>>> It sounds good to me, too. Arny, can you explain how
>>>>> the digital out works? Is it coaxial or optical? The
>>>>> "versa-jack" is a mini-jack plug.
>>>>
>>>> I can't find anything about a Turtle Beach Santa Fe
>>>> card.
>>>>
>>>>> I do have a mini-jack-->optical cable that I got in
>>>>> Japan in 1993 with a Sharp minidisc player, but it
>>>>> doesn't light up my decoder when I assign the
versa-jack
>>>>> to the optical-out from the sound driver. Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>> Some MD recorder digtal ins are very selective about
the
>>>> digital outs that they actually work with. There are
some
>>>> SCMS issues, as well.
>>>
>>> Okay, but what sort of cable does the versa-jack want?
>>
>> 3.5 mm stereo jack.
>>
>>> I need to connect it to the optical-in or coax-in on a
>>> surround receiver, not the minidisc recorder.
>>
>> Try a standard 3/5 mm-to dual RCA adaptor. Try both RCA
>> plugs, one at a time. Insulate the tip of the RCA plug
you
>> don't use.

> It worked! Thanks, Arny.

> Wow, it sounds MUCH better than the analog connection!

Enjoy!