[PLUG] Computer audio out to stereo

John Jason Jordan johnxj at comcast.net
Mon Jan 5 05:38:25 UTC 2009


On Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:57:17 -0800
Galen Seitz <galens at seitzassoc.com> dijo:

> John Jason Jordan wrote:
> > The first thing I tried was simply a cable that had a "headphone" jack
> > on one end and a pair of RCA jacks on the other. They work, but the
> > sound is distorted. It has been a long time since my days as an
> > audiophile, but I seem to remember that the impedance that a preamp
> > expects is 40,000 ohms, where the impedance delivered by a sound card
> > is designed for a headset, which is probably 4-32 ohms or so. I am
> > guessing that this mismatch is the source of the distortion. If my
> > guess is way off base, please enlighten me.
> > 
> 
> You are overdriving the input to your receiver.  Set the volume on your 
> receiver to its normal position, then reduce the volume of the computer 
> output until the sound is no longer distorted.  At this point the sound 
> level from your speakers may be too low.  Increase the volume using the 
> *receiver* volume control.

Tomorrow I am going to try some of the things that have been suggested.
Meantime, what do y'all think of this device?

http://tinyurl.com/9eop8w




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