Denon AVR1705 SPDIF?

[Cygnus]

I want to buy a Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 4 SE Value for my computer and hook it up to my receiver. It says that it supports SPDIF, but I dont know if my receiver does. Is that just a standard coax or toslink optical cable?

Creatives site also says this:

Digital I/O (for stereo SPDIF output to Digital I/O Module). Does that mean ifi wanted to listen to music (which is in stereo), i would need another I/O module?

Thanks
trav

 

[t3031999]

Is that just a standard coax or toslink optical cable?

Yes.

Does that mean ifi wanted to listen to music (which is in stereo), i would need another I/O module?

What it means is that you can output digital audio from your sound card to another device that has a digital audio input, such as your receiver.

 

[BTT917]

Yes, S/PDIF refers to either the digital coaxial or optical input on the receiver.

 

[Cygnus]

Cool.

What kind of cable would i need for coax? just a standard y-cable? would that work?

 

[Sheep]

Both posts are correct, to a point. Creative, being creative, made there own digital interface using a 3mm jack. Logitech speakers use coax and optical inputs, while creatives use this 3 mm plug.

Make sure you know your connections so you are not faced with this difficult desicion. I would find a S/C with a coax or optical ouput that supports EAX, rather then using this 3 mm one.

SheepStar

 

[MDS]

Only the specialty sound card manufacturers (M-Audio, Edirol, etc) use standard Cinch (RCA) jacks for digital audio. You can buy a cable with a 1/8" mini on one end and an RCA plug on the other to connect the Sound Blaster to the receiver. My Audigy 2 ZS came with one.