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Connecting your PC to your HIFI audio home system
Is this possible? And if so, is it complicated?
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"Craig James" wrote in message
... Is this possible? And if so, is it complicated? Buy a cable with a two ring mini-plug on one end and two rca jacks on the other. If need be, buy "joiners" that will let you link RCA cables together long enough to run from the PC to your amplifier. Plug the mini-plug into the speaker output jack on your PC. Plug the RCA's into a spare auxiliary input on your amplifier. Turn on the amp, turn to the correct auxiliary input, crack the volume control, and use your music software to play what ever you have in / on your PC. It's as simple as that. Quality can be all over the place depending on the quality of the output, the cables, and the media player/media played. But physically it's not that hard. |
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Craig James wrote:
Is this possible? Certainly. And if so, is it complicated? It can be. It can also be as simple as running a cable from your computer to your receiver, and popping a CD into your CD drive. I'd need to know your current setup, and goals, to give better info. -- -S Your a boring little troll. How does it feel? Go blow your bad breath elsewhere. |
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To echo the others: yes and no.
Try this if you have a LAN port near your stereo: www.rokulabs.com I use the hd1000 with good results. Theonly thing it doesn't do really well is movies; I'm still working on getting the audio to stay synced with the video. This is a great solution if you have an HD set for displaying video and still images. The music manager leaves a bit to be deisired. I have not personally tried it, but I have heard that their soundbridge integrates with iTunes and doesn't need a monitor to access music files. The HD1000 does digital and analog audio - DD and PCM. "Craig James" wrote in message ... Is this possible? And if so, is it complicated? |
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Lawrence wrote:
(Craig James) wrote in : Is this possible? And if so, is it complicated? Yes, of course you can do it and it is very easy... You're making it much harder though... Just go to your local Bestbuy, CircuitCity, Futureshop, Compusa,... buy a External USB Sound Blaster Live MP3 (about US$30.00), hook up one end with your PC sound card, and another end to your Hi-Fi system, it even comes with a optical output! Well, you're wrong a couple of times there. First, if you use an external USB sound card, then you would connect that to the *USB* port of your PC, not your soundcard. Second, if you have a PC sound card already, why do you need an external USB soundcard? Hope that help. Not really . Lawrence |
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chung wrote in :
Lawrence wrote: (Craig James) wrote in : Just go to your local Bestbuy, CircuitCity, Futureshop, Compusa,... buy a External USB Sound Blaster Live MP3 (about US$30.00), hook up one end with your PC sound card, and another end to your Hi-Fi system, it even comes with a optical output! Well, you're wrong a couple of times there. First, if you use an external USB sound card, then you would connect that to the *USB* port of your PC, not your soundcard. Second, if you have a PC sound card already, why do you need an external USB soundcard? OK, that was a mistake, yes, the USB SB should be connected to a PC USB port! Second, if your PC sound card doesn't has an optical output (which happen to most of the PC sound card) and you want a digital output? Then you will need that external USB soundcard. Hope that help. Not really . I wasn't intend to help you! Let Graig decide if that really help or not, OK? Lawrence |
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On 3 Oct 2004 19:41:18 GMT, in article , Average
Joe stated: Craig James wrote: Is this possible? And if so, is it complicated? Here's what I got: http://slimdevices.com/ I got the wireless one so there is no need to run a cable to the receiver. It hooks up via ethernet and has a coax digital output as well as rca analog outputs. It comes with a remote control so I don't even need to touch the computer to listen to my music on my receiver. All the music is kept on my hard drive. If you have a laptop with a wireless router, this is perfect. -- Average Joe That's definitely the way to go. If you have a Mac with iTunes, you need to get their latest solution along these lines (Airport Express, I think it is called). Then you have a wireless digital connection from your Mac to your preamp, so you in essence can have a humongous digital music jukebox for just the cost of the connector. Another solution is to use the iPod. I do this frequently and its very good, even in compressed AAC at 192 kbps (I also used uncompressed audio for certain things I might want to listen to very critically). If you're willing to listen to AAC/MP3 sound, which I think is fine at 192 or above, you will in essence have a digital jukebox with a whopping 19 continuous days of music on it. My iPod sounds just great through my VAC Phi amps! Who woulda thought? |
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