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Do I need analog/digital cables to connect my CD-ROM to a Sound Blaster?
Hi,
I'm ordering parts for my first homebuilt and was wondering if I'll need to get the cables that connect the sound output (analog and/or digital) from my CD-ROM and DVD-ROM to the SB Audigy 2 card. I have the OEM Audigy 2 so it didn't come with any cables. According to MaximumPC's "Build the Perfect PC" magazine, the CD_IN and CD_SPDIF connectors on the sound card are obsolete as the digital sound is now channeled through the IDE connection. Is this correct? Thanks for your help! |
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Certainly I dont have any cable from my CD to the Sound card. I do
have one from my CD player to my MB though. Perhaps someone else here can elaborate more cheers Harry On 16 Oct 2003 07:28:49 -0700, (Flor) wrote: Hi, I'm ordering parts for my first homebuilt and was wondering if I'll need to get the cables that connect the sound output (analog and/or digital) from my CD-ROM and DVD-ROM to the SB Audigy 2 card. I have the OEM Audigy 2 so it didn't come with any cables. According to MaximumPC's "Build the Perfect PC" magazine, the CD_IN and CD_SPDIF connectors on the sound card are obsolete as the digital sound is now channeled through the IDE connection. Is this correct? Thanks for your help! |
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AFAIK, this is correct for Windows XP, and possibly Win2k and WinMe. Not
sure about the earlier 9x incarnations of Windows. John S. "Flor" wrote in message om... Hi, I'm ordering parts for my first homebuilt and was wondering if I'll need to get the cables that connect the sound output (analog and/or digital) from my CD-ROM and DVD-ROM to the SB Audigy 2 card. I have the OEM Audigy 2 so it didn't come with any cables. According to MaximumPC's "Build the Perfect PC" magazine, the CD_IN and CD_SPDIF connectors on the sound card are obsolete as the digital sound is now channeled through the IDE connection. Is this correct? Thanks for your help! |
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Oh yeah, I forgot - the cables are not totally obsolete, as you can still
configure Windows to play CD audio via the Analog cable if you wish. The XP default is to play CD audio using digital extraction via the IDE cable. I personally prefer the old analog method for audio CDs, as the CD drive then only turns the CD at the standard audio speed of 1X. Nice and quiet. I dislike the amount of mechanical noise and vibration created by the CD drive when playing an Audio CD using the Digital method, as the CD is rotated at speeds of up to 52X while playing. You can connect them up, but in the default Windows XP configuration they will be unused. John S. "Muttley" wrote in message ... AFAIK, this is correct for Windows XP, and possibly Win2k and WinMe. Not sure about the earlier 9x incarnations of Windows. John S. "Flor" wrote in message om... Hi, I'm ordering parts for my first homebuilt and was wondering if I'll need to get the cables that connect the sound output (analog and/or digital) from my CD-ROM and DVD-ROM to the SB Audigy 2 card. I have the OEM Audigy 2 so it didn't come with any cables. According to MaximumPC's "Build the Perfect PC" magazine, the CD_IN and CD_SPDIF connectors on the sound card are obsolete as the digital sound is now channeled through the IDE connection. Is this correct? Thanks for your help! |
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Whereas On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 00:37:47 +1000, "Muttley"
scribbled: , I thus relpy: AFAIK, this is correct for Windows XP, and possibly Win2k and WinMe. Not sure about the earlier 9x incarnations of Windows. John S. You can get drivers/plugins for that. "Flor" wrote in message . com... Hi, I'm ordering parts for my first homebuilt and was wondering if I'll need to get the cables that connect the sound output (analog and/or digital) from my CD-ROM and DVD-ROM to the SB Audigy 2 card. I have the OEM Audigy 2 so it didn't come with any cables. According to MaximumPC's "Build the Perfect PC" magazine, the CD_IN and CD_SPDIF connectors on the sound card are obsolete as the digital sound is now channeled through the IDE connection. Is this correct? Thanks for your help! -- Gary J. Tait . Email is at yahoo.com ; ID:classicsat |
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Thanks for the input, especially the insight about the CD spinning
faster and louder if using digital over IDE. I'll stick with either the analog or digital output on the CD-ROM. "Muttley" wrote in message ... Oh yeah, I forgot - the cables are not totally obsolete, as you can still configure Windows to play CD audio via the Analog cable if you wish. The XP default is to play CD audio using digital extraction via the IDE cable. I personally prefer the old analog method for audio CDs, as the CD drive then only turns the CD at the standard audio speed of 1X. Nice and quiet. I dislike the amount of mechanical noise and vibration created by the CD drive when playing an Audio CD using the Digital method, as the CD is rotated at speeds of up to 52X while playing. You can connect them up, but in the default Windows XP configuration they will be unused. John S. "Muttley" wrote in message ... AFAIK, this is correct for Windows XP, and possibly Win2k and WinMe. Not sure about the earlier 9x incarnations of Windows. John S. "Flor" wrote in message om... Hi, I'm ordering parts for my first homebuilt and was wondering if I'll need to get the cables that connect the sound output (analog and/or digital) from my CD-ROM and DVD-ROM to the SB Audigy 2 card. I have the OEM Audigy 2 so it didn't come with any cables. According to MaximumPC's "Build the Perfect PC" magazine, the CD_IN and CD_SPDIF connectors on the sound card are obsolete as the digital sound is now channeled through the IDE connection. Is this correct? Thanks for your help! |
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Maximum PC is correct.
-- DaveW "Flor" wrote in message om... Hi, I'm ordering parts for my first homebuilt and was wondering if I'll need to get the cables that connect the sound output (analog and/or digital) from my CD-ROM and DVD-ROM to the SB Audigy 2 card. I have the OEM Audigy 2 so it didn't come with any cables. According to MaximumPC's "Build the Perfect PC" magazine, the CD_IN and CD_SPDIF connectors on the sound card are obsolete as the digital sound is now channeled through the IDE connection. Is this correct? Thanks for your help! |
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Flor wrote:
Hi, I'm ordering parts for my first homebuilt and was wondering if I'll need to get the cables that connect the sound output (analog and/or digital) from my CD-ROM and DVD-ROM to the SB Audigy 2 card. I have the OEM Audigy 2 so it didn't come with any cables. According to MaximumPC's "Build the Perfect PC" magazine, the CD_IN and CD_SPDIF connectors on the sound card are obsolete as the digital sound is now channeled through the IDE connection. Is this correct? Thanks for your help! Yes with one exception. You will need to use the cables if you want to leave the capability of connecting your headphones to the CD-ROM drive panel jack. -- **remove NospaM from email address to reply** |
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