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Amp to Santa Cruz audiophile Question

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HouRman

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I'm thinking of using a Parasound HCA-1000a to power some JBL S38ii studio speakers. The parasound amp has a left/right rca inputs and I'll be hooking the amp to a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz.

I assume I'll need a stereo mini audio plug to left/right RCA adapter in order to hook the amp to the front left/right output on my sound card.

Later, I would like to hook a pre pro to the sound card instead of the amplifier by using the single digital encoded Digital Dolby® output on the sound card. That would mean I would need an adapter from digital coaxial (for pre pro) to digital mini plug (on sound card) so I can plug it into the versa jack on the Turtle Beach?

Am I correct with this because right now I don't have ANY home theater equiptment or even a sound card.

Anyone know if the radio shack adapters are any good or would I be better off soldering my own?
 
My assumptions were correct, I also found out that with some companies they will give the adapters for free.

My question is what sound cards are good for music. I will mainly be using the stereo speakers for CD music and mp3s ( I don't have games installed) I do play dvd movies and 5.1 surround capabilities will be a plus for future upgrades. My concern is that will the use of adapaters degrade the quality in comparison with a sound card like the audigy platinum or GTXP that don't need an adapter?

My considerations are:

TB Santa Cruz
Hercules GT XP
SB Audigy
Are there other coaxial "Dolby Digital out" sound cards I should take into consideration?
 
until you go digital, you'll need a basic stereo mini to stereo rca adapter. Run stereo rca cables to the reciever from your front outputs.

When you go digital, use the same adapter, plugged into the versajack, with a single digital coax cable connected to the red output, to your digital coax in port on your reciever.

If you get a decent adapter, it shouldn't affect the sound much at all. When you go digital, I doubt it'll make any difference. Radioshack adapters should be fine.

The santa cruz is a great card. Unless you're using really high end audio equipment, you shouldn't have any problems with this setup.
 
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