Digital Cable for a Sound Blaster Audigy to preamp?

[boe]

Hello,

I hooked up my PC to my Preamp using headphone jack splitter to RCA leads. I was thinking if I could do it for a reasonable price I'd like to try connecting the digital out on the Audigy to my preamp. I was wondering if anyone here has done this? If you have could you list the parts or vendor who makes a cable for this?

Thanks

P.S. I'm not sure if if matters but I have the Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2zs.

 

[mtrycrafts]

Hello,

I hooked up my PC to my Preamp using headphone jack splitter to RCA leads. I was thinking if I could do it for a reasonable price I'd like to try connecting the digital out on the Audigy to my preamp. I was wondering if anyone here has done this? If you have could you list the parts or vendor who makes a cable for this?

Thanks

P.S. I'm not sure if if matters but I have the Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2zs.

If you are looking for a digital cable, all you need is a video cable with the right plugs; most likely RCA in your case. It doesn't have to be expensive at all.

 

[jaxvon]

I checked out the card and, as I remembered from memory, it only has 1/8" mini jacks. Did it come with an 1/8" to RCA dongle? If not, you'll need an adapter that can perform that function (not a 1/8" stereo to 2 RCA though) to use your digital out. Then, just use a good-quality 75 Ohm RCA-RCA cable. As mtrycrafts stated, a good video cable is just fine. However, a small generic analog interconnect may not have the 75 Ohm impedance, so use one that is designed to the correct spec.

 

[BMXTRIX]

I have heard there is a 1/8" mini to RCA adapter that is specific for the Audigy series cards...

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ACTUAL INFO ON IT? Not just a guess about adapters, but has anyone hooked it up who is familiar with the process? I have a similar card and would like to use the digital output that is there... They mention some sort of adapter in my 'help' section, but I don't know if I can just use a regular 1/8" mini to phono or stereo adapter, or something else???

Anyone know for sure?

 

[creepyarcade]

Part of the problem solved

I bought a 1/8" to rca plug and put it on one end of the coaxial cable which i plugged into the digital out on the back of my sound card. The other end I plugged in my reciever.

It only picked up the left and right front channels - not the two rear, center or sub. I think the problem is that I bought a 1/8" MONO to RCA instead of a 1/8" STEREO to RCA. I could be mistaken but this seems like the only other thing I did not try with the adapters and cables available to me.

When I connected the cable to the S/PDIF in on the front of a live! drive on another computer it picked up all 5.1 channels properly. By the way, I bought this adapter at Radio Shack.

I do want to be able to do this on the digital out in the back of the sound card for my other computer, like some other people want, so if anyone has any more info to help please post it. Thanks.

 

[crj123082]

me too

creepyarcade, did you ever get it figured out? i have been trying to get surround sound out of my audigy card for a long time (digital out 1/8" mono -> digital coax (RCA) cable -> receiver) but it won't detect surround sound either...i do have an old live drive, maybe i could try the spdif output on that, but it doesn't seem like i should have to...

Thanks for any help/info you can offer!

 

[bandphan]

creepyarcade, did you ever get it figured out? i have been trying to get surround sound out of my audigy card for a long time (digital out 1/8" mono -> digital coax (RCA) cable -> receiver) but it won't detect surround sound either...i do have an old live drive, maybe i could try the spdif output on that, but it doesn't seem like i should have to...

Thanks for any help/info you can offer!

what are your output settings?

 

[markw]

I think the problem is that I bought a 1/8" MONO to RCA instead of a 1/8" STEREO to RCA.

This would not be a problem. A digital feed is only one channel. In such case, either of the two RCA jacks would work.

You may need to check your settings. I believe "bitstream" is the magic word.

 

[crj123082]

thanks for your responses, i don't see anything in the audio console that explicitely says bitstream, but i do have the decoder set to SPDIF Passthrough...

please check out a thread I started for all my info:

thread #44022, titled "please help me get surround sound through my computer"

(couldn't post a direct link because i'm a new member)