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.

fathom wrote:
"Arny Krueger" wrote in
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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.

fathom wrote:
"Arny Krueger" wrote in
:

fathom wrote:
"Arny Krueger" wrote in
news
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!