Ingram Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 Hello, my creative speakers have a line in, optical and a coaxial input into the decoder, basically, i think with line in im getting crappy quality. so im agfter a soundcard where i can connect it via coaxial,ive got the cable for it (same size as the line in one just different) anyway im after a cheap sound card where i can use coaxial, i saw this and didnt know if this is what im after, thanks alot for your help, http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/in...oduct_uid=85533 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBProductions Posted November 8, 2005 Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 Hello, my creative speakers have a line in, optical and a coaxial input into the decoder, basically, i think with line in im getting crappy quality. so im agfter a soundcard where i can connect it via coaxial,ive got the cable for it (same size as the line in one just different) anyway im after a cheap sound card where i can use coaxial, i saw this and didnt know if this is what im after, thanks alot for your help, http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/in...oduct_uid=85533 Cheap = Noise. Look into firewire connections check out www.dawsons.co.uk and have a read. Craig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The enchanted broomstick Posted November 8, 2005 Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 am i just being silly here but you say it has a optical input? why dont you just use that it would be far better quality than a coaxial cable for sure. stu (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram Posted November 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 thats a bloody good point!!!!!! ok i need a sound card with a optical output Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie456_the2nd Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 Soundcards arent my speciality but the Soundblaster Live! Cards i think have them? Don't know if there any good.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 Soundcards arent my speciality but the Soundblaster Live! Cards i think have them? Don't know if there any good.. Loads of sound cards will have optical out. Even the built-in sound on my Shuttle has optical in/out. It's marked as SP-DIF - Just check that you don't already have it on your computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spode@thinkbikes Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 Noise? Better Quality? Guys.... Both Coaxial and Optical are forms of S/PDIF. They are both digital signals. Although technically speaking a coax cable could have a noisy signal, digital signals are a lot easier to clean up than analogue. And if you have a decen coax cable, the chances are noise are sooooo slim anyway. You will NOT notice the difference. Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 Digitals are uber uber cheap and will probably have the outputs you are looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie456_the2nd Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 Fair dos, at least one of us knows what where on about. <_< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spode@thinkbikes Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 Hey, it's my job. Who really expects people to know this stuff <_< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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