Computer to Stereo

[AmRivlin]

I have had this set up for awhile just left and right in... My question is, is it possible to have all audio out to stereo in spdif (digital format)... If I do this will this eliminate the interference by the mouse... when i scroll around I hear disruptions

[hapoo]

I have my Live! card connected through a digital cable to my reciever and it sound great, but it won't eliminate the problem your having. That problem usually has to do with the IRQ's on your computer.

[IrishSS]

What cable did you use hapoo? I have mine piped in with a standard RCA cable, and it picks up all sorts of nasty interference...

[hapoo]

mini-headphone jack to RCA, I get no interference at all. Very clean sound. Digital shouldn't pick up much interference.

[Talk2raffi]

AmRivlin.

I think that this problem is usually caused by poor video card drivers. There isn't enough "bandwidth" to carry the audio/video signal(through the BUS (i think))...so the video card interferes with the audio...

Anyway, I think that this is the problem...

[hapoo]

thats what they say in the winamp faq. It could be bad drivers, but your card isn't taking that much actual bandwidth.

[IrishSS]

Originally posted by hapoo
mini-headphone jack to RCA, I get no interference at all. Very clean sound. Digital shouldn't pick up much interference.


Thats exactly how mine is hooked up too... hmmm... very odd... But i have a 50-foot run from my pc to my stereo...

[hapoo]

what kind of interference are you getting? what does it sound like? How think is your cable?

[IrishSS]

It sounds like crappy interference! Umm, a mid range pitched noise, constant... hmm, although I dont get it when only one RCA jack is plugged in... I just realized that... Its just a standard RCA, nothing fancy... I also have a female-female extender in the middle, as I couldnt find a 35' cable, so i had to get 2 25'.

Also, is there anyway to run a digital line from the SB Live to the Amp?

[Leon]

Sure.. you need to get an add-on card for your SB Live!. http://www.hoontech.com

Then you just run an optical cable to your Amp/Receiver.

[AmRivlin]

It is just noticable when the "hand" in the web (THAT GOOD OL mac hand) pops up or i scroll or in winamp when clicking anything... Also if turned up damn loud a slight AV hum is noticable... I have an Ensoniq 64 = Creative SB 64d Mini headphone out to y red and white... I just bought a pair of headphones... real nice... but the hum fuzzy noise is more noticable since it is directly on my ear.

[hapoo]

Originally posted by Leon
Sure.. you need to get an add-on card for your SB Live!. http://www.hoontech.com

Then you just run an optical cable to your Amp/Receiver.


you dont have to buy anything if your Receiver has a coax-input. Mine is connected this way, from the digital out (looks like a headphonejack) to my Pioneer amp, into the connection for a LaserDisk. 1 RCA Cable, 1 RCA to MiniJack, No Distortion

[Leon]

Your SB Live has a digital out? Dang, I got jipped again.

[IrishSS]

Originally posted by hapoo

Originally posted by Leon
Sure.. you need to get an add-on card for your SB Live!. http://www.hoontech.com

Then you just run an optical cable to your Amp/Receiver.


you dont have to buy anything if your Receiver has a coax-input. Mine is connected this way, from the digital out (looks like a headphonejack) to my Pioneer amp, into the connection for a LaserDisk. 1 RCA Cable, 1 RCA to MiniJack, No Distortion

Like the Digital Din on the Digital I/O card? Is that the connector you are using? Thats what my Speakers are hooked up through, using the DIN connnector, like a PS/2 one. The connectors on the Digital I/O card are as follows...

Digital Din - Hooked up to current speakers
SPDIF in RCA
SPDIF out RCA
Mini DIN MIDI in
Mini DIN MIDI out

On the actual SB Live card:
Line In
Microphone Out
Line Out Front
Line Out Rear
Joystick/MIDI

I currently have an 1/8->RCA adapter in the Front Out, then running the 50' of RCA to the back of my Amp. It does have Coax inputs as well...

[IrishSS]

I see now Hapoo... you have something along the lines of the SB Live Value Digital, which includes a digital out with a headphone jack... you punk!

[hapoo]

I have the Live! MP3+ Card. I chose this card with this use in mind (or else i would have never exchanged it with my Ensoniq)

On-Board Connectors
Digital Out (front & rear S/PDIF output)
Line in
Microphone in
Line level out (front) / Headphone out
Line level out (rear)
MIDI / Joystick port
Telephone Answering Device in
MPC-3 Analog CD Audio in
Digital CD Audio in
Expansion header for Optical Digital I/O card or Live!™ Drive (available separately)

[Heihachi]

isn't the digital out look like an optical cable goes there? the coaxial is also digital too ey? my str84 receiver has a coaxial digital in. looks like an rca plug??

[hapoo]

coaxial digital is RCA.