Audio..From PC to Theater Reciever

lynchmob723 · 11-03-2003, 03:45 AM

Lets pretend I have the new audigy 2 sound card..will i lose sound quality if i go through my yamaha theater reciever? using optical cables. from the PC optical out..to the recievers optical in. I dont think it would make a difference if i just went through my reciever..Basically using my CPU as a DVD/CD Player. the reason i ask is because I have like 2 grand in audio equipment, and I want to use my good speakers, instead of buying "compuer" speakers.

Lostman · 11-03-2003, 01:25 PM

hmmmmm. Is the optical out on your receiver able to bring a signal in? Maybe your best bet would be computer out to aux in.

lynchmob723 · 11-03-2003, 03:29 PM

Yea that is what i meant, sorry for the confusion. Computer out, Aux In

daveppeters · 11-04-2003, 07:42 PM

You said it right in your first post. You will get the best quality if you run an optical cable from the PC out to the Receiver In. That way the computer will send the signal to the receiver which will decode it and send it to the speakers. If you run a standard cable from the Comp out to the Aux in on the Receiver, you will not get the high quality digital signal.

11-03-2003, 03:45 AM	#1 (permalink)
lynchmob723 Newb Techie Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 4	Audio..From PC to Theater Reciever Lets pretend I have the new audigy 2 sound card..will i lose sound quality if i go through my yamaha theater reciever? using optical cables. from the PC optical out..to the recievers optical in. I dont think it would make a difference if i just went through my reciever..Basically using my CPU as a DVD/CD Player. the reason i ask is because I have like 2 grand in audio equipment, and I want to use my good speakers, instead of buying "compuer" speakers.

11-03-2003, 01:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
Lostman Ultra Techie Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 753	hmmmmm. Is the optical out on your receiver able to bring a signal in? Maybe your best bet would be computer out to aux in. __________________ www.lostman.us

11-04-2003, 07:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
daveppeters True Techie Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 154	You said it right in your first post. You will get the best quality if you run an optical cable from the PC out to the Receiver In. That way the computer will send the signal to the receiver which will decode it and send it to the speakers. If you run a standard cable from the Comp out to the Aux in on the Receiver, you will not get the high quality digital signal. __________________ IWill XP-333 / 384MB PC2100 DDR / AMD T-Bird 1.33GHz (o/c to 1.40 until I get a better CPU cooler!) / VisionTek GeForce4 MX440 / SB Live! X-Gamer 5.1 / Maxtor 20GB 7200 RPM HD / Toshiba 8X DVD / Sanyo 40/12/40X CD-RW / Win XP Home

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11-03-2003, 03:29 PM	#3 (permalink)
lynchmob723 Newb Techie Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 4	Yea that is what i meant, sorry for the confusion. Computer out, Aux In