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Old October 13th 03, 07:11 PM posted to alt.audio.equipment,uk.rec.audio
treefroginometry
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Default Sound card to amp?

Hi group,

I recently bought myself a Creative Audigy Platinum eX, I currently have it
connected to my amp (Technics SA-DX940) via the "Front L/R" output on the
card using a jack to RCA converter cable.
The cable is very old and and poor quality.

So, the problem... Obviously both amp and soundcard support DTS, using the
current setup I can't get a 5.1 channel signal from soundcard to amp. I need
a way to do this. The external Audigy box has an optical output, but due to
the amount of bending and length required to get to the amp, I can't use it.
The Audigy also has a digital (coaxial?) output (looks like a female jack
plug), the trouble is, the amp doesn't appear to have an input for it, that
would've been ideal.

Can anybody think of a way to connect these two devices that would allow the
DTS signal or is it time to buy a new amp?

If it's new amp time (which I would really like to avoid), are there any
recomendations? I just need a DTS decoder and amplifier for 5 channels. I
wont bother with tuner and video in/out features of the Technics next time,
they don't get used.

Thanks very much,

Nathan