bmlocal175

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I have a new gateway with the Sound Blaster Audigy sound card and was wondering how to hook up the card to my home stereo?

Does anyone have this card and how do I hookup? I think it has a digital out but my receiver is about 25-30 ft and That would probably cost to much. I want to get the best sound.

Pete
 

Crashman

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At that distance you'll want to consider the digital connection for high quality sound, as an analog signal would degrade to a noticable degree. Of course you can minimize the degredation by using $50 high end RCA cables for the analog connection, but that kind of defeats the purpose now doesn't it?

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You need to connect the audigy's 3.5mm line out plug to your stereo's aux input plugs. The below two part numbers from cablewholesale.com will do that. They also make a custom cables at good prices. I keep my noisy T-bird system in a different room from the one with my desk and monitor/keyboard/etc, and I got all the cables from these guys.


SDMT-AP92
25RCA-MM-2
http://www.cablewholesale.com/



John A