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o0oSPuNKiEo0o   08-10-2002 at 11:17:10 AM

I hope this is the right forum, but here goes.

Does anyone know if you can use a receiver to hook your stereo speakers up to your computer? I think this would be a really cool idea, and I was asking the best buy guys about this and they said sure. But I'm unconfident how to go about this so if any one knows anything about this or has done it themselves please let me know!

Thanks
SPuNKiE

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ejsmith2   08-10-2002 at 04:53:43 PM
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Yes, of course you can.

If you have 1/8" dins, you can get a converter down at Radio Smack that boosts them to A/v cables. Any receiver will null out the impedance difference, so you don't even have to give that a thought. Leave your sound card at the 1/2 or 3/4 master volume so it's a clean sound.

If you happen to have A/v cables, just run them straight into the receiver.




But, when you go to play Medal of Honor, *turn down* the bass or it will rattle your neighbor's house when you're in the tank. I'm just glad it was a Saturday when I did that; I would have gotten my @$$ beat on a Sunday night...

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o0oSPuNKiEo0o   08-10-2002 at 07:14:13 PM
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It's funny you say Medal of Honor because I'm in the process of Downloading it now ;)

SONY STR-DE325 Surround Sound Receiver is the one I just won off of E-BAY... If any one knows the sony website well and can find an online manual and post the link, I'd owe them a Mountan Dew. I sure can't find it!

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silverpig   08-11-2002 at 08:59:29 AM
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If I had a digicam handy, I'd take a picture of where I'm sitting right now.


I've got an SB Live! 5.1 digital connected via a coaxial cable with 1/8" mono adapter on one end to my sony 500 watt ht receiver and 5.0 (no sub yet) speakers. Works great.

If my baby don't love me, I know, I know, her sister will.

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Crashman   08-11-2002 at 01:05:55 PM
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Two good ways: the best way is to use your digital out to the receiver's digital in. If you don't have that option, you can use a 1/8" stereo minijack to dual RCA adapter cable to connect it. These cables are available at many places, even my local supermarket in the "electronics" section. Radio shack carries them but wants twice as much money. My experience says you shouldn't try to move an analog signal through more than roughly 15 feet of cable, due to loss of signal strength.

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