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Article #2425Re: Creative Audigy and S/PDIF connection question
From: MiamiXJ
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 16:36
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 16:36
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OK, I never said I didn't know what a digital signal is. The question is why do they only tell you to connect the DVD player to the Audigy card when both my PLEXTOR CD/RW and MY PIONEER DVD have digital connections. Why should I have to castrate one or the other to analog when a digital connection is available? "Lee" <leeb18509@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:d754ecb4.0202240430.48aa9c32@posting.google.com... > "MiamiXJ" <miamixj@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:<eVWd8.25596$2v1.828765@e3500-atl1.usenetserver.com>... > > What is the proper way to connect an Audigy Card to a Plextor CDRW and a > > Pioneer 116 DVD player? > > > > Audigy card has one S/PDIF CD audio cables connector and two analog CD audio > > connector. I assume (as per instructions) the S/PDIF goes to the DVD and > > the analog to the CDRW, but why? Why can't you use digital S/PDIF to CDRW? > > Why cant you connect both drives to both analog and digital connectors and > > toggle in windows? Wouldn't S/PDIF provide a better signal than analog? Can > > I use some sort of S/PDIF Y adapter to connect S/PDIF to both? Someone > > please explain the reasoning behind these connections. > > > > > > Thanks > > http://www.soundblaster.com/resources/read.asp?ArticleID=4
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