computer to receiver connection question

vicentre

Is there any way i can make a direct connection from my computer to my stereo to play MP3s without shelling out $150 bucks for HK's DAL 150 coaxial digital converter?

Clay19

If you want a digital connection between your computer and the Receiver you can either buy that adapter you spoke of, or if you have a decent soundcard it will already have a coax digital out built into it you just need an adapter to go from the 1/8" jack to a single RCA, its usually called SDPIF out. Read your soundcard's manual to see if you have it, i have a SBLIVE! 5.1 and I was using it's digital out until i switched to a 2 channel receiver. If you do not have a Soundcard with digital out, you can go to wal-mart and buy a cable that splits the 1/8" jack on your souncard into R/L male RCAs although it is analog.

~Clay

Aaron

Just get a cable that has a male stereo mini-jack on one end(computer end) and male RCA jacks (stereo end) on the other end.

Aaron

crystal-clear

I have the H/K Dal-150 you spoke of, but haven't hooked it up yet. If you are interested in this, I can let you know how it sounds in the next few days when I complete hook up. I have high hopes for it, but we will let it speak for itself.

Crystal-clear:)

goingganzo

i have the sounder blaster live value and i do have digital out

Nashvilletitans

I have use my reciever to play MP3s from my PC,just make sure(if you are aquiring them from a "peer to peer" source that you get them recorded at ,at least a 128 bitrate. Just my opinion.
John

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johnnyamerika

nicer sound cards have optical and coaxial digital outs, which solves things entirely.

vicentre

Thanks for the suggestions. I wanted to keep the connection digital but i didn't want to go through the hassle of installing a new sound card. I found a company called Xitel that has something similar to the DAL 150. Its costs about 70 bucks, its should get here today, i'll let you know how it sounds.

vic

jcaut

I have my computer hooked up to a receiver via the analog, 1/8"-to-RCA adapter. My computer has a so-so SB Live card (I think it does have a digital out, but I don't have a digital receiver in here), and frankly I'm surprised at the poor sound quality I get from it. Even when playing CD's on the computer drive, I get nowhere near the quality of playing the same CD on the regular CD player connected to the receiver.

I imagine that the digital output would be much better. I can burn the occasional, acceptable-sounding mp3's to a CD, then play it on the real CD player and it sounds much better. I guess you can't expect very good D/A conversion from a $50 sound card.

Jason

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eaadams

NOTE TO REMEMBER! SB Live! spdif port is out of spec with our HT recievers. It opperates differently and can cause problems. 3rd parties make daughter cards that fix this problem. Ask on the AVS Forum HT Computer section and you will get a link.