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Furry Chat => Tech Central => Topic started by: saph the sergal on November 27, 2014, 12:26:16 AM
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heres a challenge for all you who can help im looking for a sound card that can take a 5.1 speaker system from my pc for me are do i need to buy a special cable (see pic for reference)
any help wil be great
(http://i.imgur.com/dqZIaar.jpg)
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Why do you need a sound card? Can't you just use the ports at the back of your motherboard?
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i need a sound card because i dont have a high end motherboard and i need better audio
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What's your current motherboard? Because usually even most cheaper motherboards as good or better than a sound card.
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i cant find the box and i just found a sound card that takes coaxial output so i can just convert that
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i cant find the box and i just found a sound card that takes coaxial output so i can just convert that
Uh.. It usually lists the model either right above or right below the graphics card on most motherboards. What brand/socket/age is it?
Also, which sound card? Coaxial is a digital output which means that the data that goes through it is just 1's and 0's. A coaxial connection, just like with optical s/pdif or USB, is identical from A-B and should, unless you have a REALLY old (like 5+ years old) and crappy motherboard, not produce any difference whatsoever.
Also, what's the 5.1 speaker system and what connection options do you have for it?
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ASUS Xonar Essence STX II 7.1 Sound Card is the one i found and i got my connecters wrong i really need coffee it has S/PDF
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I wouldn't recommend that one. I had the original one but sold it after I found that my cheapish Asus motherboard I bought 3 years ago sounded pretty much identical and was even unable to pick out which was which doing an A/B test.
Sound cards are mostly just marketing and, honestly, buying such a sound card just for Coaxial or S/PDIF is a waste of money.
What's your speakers? Can you post a picture of the back IO of your motherboard, with all the ports?
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speakers are a 5.1 sound system as for back ports umm they are all in use with my 3 screens and all the usb ports are full but its just the normal setup for a low end motherboard
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I need a little more information than that, as in, what brand and models are the speakers? How do they connect, as in, how do the connection options look like?
Also, could you still try and take a picture because it's MUCH easier to see what you have from a simple photo.
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they are from a dvd player thats the reason for the pic of the connectors and i went looking through my pc parts box to find the motherboard manual asus P8B75-M
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Could you find a model number or get a picture of the ports for the DVD player?
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timmy the plugs are the same ones like the dvd player and the sound system
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Are those the only type of plugs the DVD can use? Because that looks more like a component video cable and not an audio cable.
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it can use rca but i want to USE the sound system from it
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I mean.. Component cables have two audio connections (the red and the white cable) but that's only for left/right, i.e. 2.1 audio which means you can't achieve 5.1 with that cable.
That's why I'm asking for a picture of the back of your DVD player, to see if there's even a 5.1 input on it.
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the cable was a example of the type of cable i was looking for or did i need a converter
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See, the problem is that I can't help because I have no idea what type of cables your DVD uses or even in what whey they are configured. A simple picture of the back of your DVD player or a model number would help a lot because then I would know what it is you have to work with.
Kinda like trying to figure out the plot of a book without knowing anything more than that the title starts with "The".
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all i needed to know is do i need to convert somewhere and when my phone charges i will get the pic
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You probably will need to, yes. It depends entirely on what inputs the DVD player has.
If the DVD player uses HDMI, you should probably be able to use that from your motherboard/graphics card although some implementations aren't that great. Otherwise if you can reconfigure your audio jacks on your motherboard (through driver software or BIOS) you should be able to use those.
If neither of those options can be done, then you might wanna look at a cheapish soundcard.
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i am going to look for some good speakers if i can that arnt like 200 or more and sorry for the dark pic
(http://i.imgur.com/Dac6D9P.jpg)
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Hmm.. hard to see the connection options although it doesn't seem like that DVD player can accept more than 2.1 for input.
The adapter you'll need to use is a simple 3.5mm > RCA
(http://www.bestbuy.ca/multimedia/Products/500x500/101/10196/10196558.jpg)
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the ones im wanting help with are the ones that have the black and red cables or the colored plugs that are in a row dont worry with the yellow and white that are split
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And where to those lead? To the speakers?
Do you mean that you want to unplug them from the DVD players and plug them into the PC or do you want to use those cables to connect the PC to the DVD player?
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the ones with the red and black go to the speakers and i want to take them and use them for my pc
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Then those would be only 2.1 and not 5.1.
As for using them with the PC, simply get one of those adapters I already mentioned and plug it into the green port at the pack of your motherboard.
The adapter you'll need to use is a simple 3.5mm > RCA
(http://www.bestbuy.ca/multimedia/Products/500x500/101/10196/10196558.jpg)
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It looks like Timmy may have gotten a solution already.
I suggest getting the Asus Xonar 5.1 channel PCI card for $30.
It will boost your quality. crisper sounds, deeper and more present bass, better contrast and less blending of the different frequencies.
The cable you will need, to my understanding is $3 on amazon ( eForCity 3.5mm to RCA Auxiliary Cable Cord for iPod/MP3 ).
It will have a 3.5 mm male end to plug into your computer and 2 av male ends to plug into your speaker system.
The sound card will connect to the headphone jack on the front of your pc (if you find the wire and plug it in). Then you can plug your speakers into that jack.
OR you can plug them directly into the card on the back of the PC, I believe you would use the "Front" labeled jack.
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It looks like Timmy may have gotten a solution already.
I suggest getting the Asus Xonar 5.1 channel PCI card for $30.
It will boost your quality. crisper sounds, deeper and more present bass, better contrast and less blending of the different frequencies.
The cable you will need, to my understanding is $3 on amazon ( eForCity 3.5mm to RCA Auxiliary Cable Cord for iPod/MP3 ).
It will have a 3.5 mm male end to plug into your computer and 2 av male ends to plug into your speaker system.
The sound card will connect to the headphone jack on the front of your pc (if you find the wire and plug it in). Then you can plug your speakers into that jack.
OR you can plug them directly into the card on the back of the PC, I believe you would use the "Front" labeled jack.
I would suggest not using the front panel! In most cases, the front panel output sounds much worse than the rear because the cable will be suspect to a lot of interference.
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I think if you actually need a sound card, it's probably time to upgrade the entire PC. Any new motherboard puts a sound card to shame.
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yea slowly getting the cash up white this isnt my monster as im gonna call my new one this is a small one that will not get all the best new stuff
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Unless you hear clearly terrible audio quality, I'll still advise against the sound card personally as they almost always have more latency and output impedance than onboard (both very bad things).
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i mostly go through a small sub at the moment and i cant find my pc's EQ only windows media players one and really i have found a small converter that will do what i need
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