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I want to send sound output from my pc to my receiver so that I can hear through my axioms.

Anybody got any thoughts on the options below??
- 3.5mm stereo mini phone plug to RCA jack adapter
- RFG-3000 Wireless Audio & Video transmitter

If I got wireless, the signal will need to go about 5 yards with almost a clear line of sight ( without walls).
If I go with some sort of cable solution, there are 3 or 4 sharp turns to negotiate, and the journey is about 15 yards.

Any advice appreciated..

Does that receiver have a digital coaxial input?

Digital out means the receiver will convert the signal to analog, not the soundcard. Unless you have one of those fancy M-Audios or Terratecs, the receiver's DACs are probably much better than the soundcard's output, especially if it's an integrated card or made by creative.

If so, plug the digital coaxial out of your soundcard into the receiver. Unless it's one of those Creative pieces of trash it'll send relatively the same thing a CD player would. It's relatively cheap, incase your current soundcard doesn't have a digital out.

I tried wireless and I wasn't happy with the result. So I went with a Creative Sound Blaster Audigy and ran an optical cable from it to my HT system. Not the best solution but it works well for what it is.

Can you offer any solutions for a laptop that will give 5 channel sound?

Paul

you can get a usb external soundcard.

try

www.creativelabs.com

Ravi

Thanks. I see there is a pcmcia soundcard that is half the price of the usb card.

You probably are better off using the pcmcia instead of USB.
5.1 needs USB2.0 (tho, most newer laptops have this)
USB1.x wont do 5.1, only digital stereo.

Another good reason to go with the cheaper solution (my laptop is a couple years old and only has usb 1).

Thanks - Paul

If I may ask - What pcm card are you going to buy?
If it's cheap, I may buy it too.

I don't really know at this point. I just visited the Creative website Ravi provided and found their pcmcia card was $130 vs $250 USD for the usb card (which does a lot more but not features I care about).

I think I'll look around for a cheaper pcmcia card as the Creative card seems a bit expensive and from the comment Thasp made the Creative cards may not be the best anyway (could be paying for marketting, the name etc.).