Hi, <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 5:06 PM, jonny Linux <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jonnylinux@gmail.com">jonnylinux@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi,<br>
<br>
I have a SBLive Platinum 5.1 sound card, with a fairly basic set of<br>
speakers which I'm driving from 3 separate 3.5mm jacks. I'm thinking<br>
of getting a Home Cinema system, which would allow me to control the<br>
amplifier by remote control, and also play media without my combined<br>
Frontend/Backend being on all the time. I'm thinking of something like<br>
the LG HT303SU, but from looking at the specifications of it, I don't<br>
think I'll be able to connect all of my 5.1 channels as an input. Does<br>
anybody know of a system which would allow me to plug in all 5.1<br>
channels into it via 3 3.5mm jacks?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
Jonny<br>
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</blockquote></div><br>I don't have direct experience with that card, but a quick googling for
the specs says it's capable of SPDIF (digital) output. I presume that
there is a 3.5mm to phono cable that you could use to connect that card
to any fairly recent, Dolby Digital capable receiver with a coax
digital input. This all depends on the availability of a driver for
Linux which enables this feature. If so, this would be by far the most
elegant solution, give you the highest quality link between
your PC and the receiver and eliminate the possibility of ground loop hum. There may be low cost digital output cards
available that others on the board know about that would be a better
solution than your current card.<br>
<br>
Barring that, there are also receivers on the market with "direct"
inputs. I'm mostly familiar with harman/kardon gear, and they've had 6
or 8 channel direct inputs on their receivers ever since Dolby Digital
came about, AFAIK. This would require running three 3.5mm stereo to
stereo phono cables to the receiver. (It's important to note that a so
called "direct" input is different than a pre-amp input. The direct
input will allow switching between DVD, Myth box, Game console, etc.
The pre-amp in will not.)<br>
<br>
I could not find any specs for that LG unit, but if I had to guess I'd
say it's possible that it has a coax digital input, and highly unlikely
that it has a 6/8 channel direct input. If I were in your shoes, I'd
plan on getting SPDIF (either optical with a new card or coax with your current card) running out of my myth
box, and shop around for a system with a digital input rather than
messing with the 6 analog inputs.<br><br>HTH,<br>weida<br>