argghh audio cables

[crazychicken]

shouldn't i NOT have to have audio cables w/ a brand new computer?

i thought they were just for old school stuff

the idea here is just to play cds on computer

thanks
david

 

[cmdrdredd]

i don't quite see what you're asking...could you be a little more specific?

 

[BCYL]

audio cables are still being used today... they are not limited to old school stuff...

cmdrdredd:
He's talking about the cable that connects the CD-Rom drive's audio out to the sound card...

 

[Poncherelli]

with win2k or xp you can just use the existing IDE cable by selecting use Digital signal or whatever under the cdrom properties.

 

[UlricT]

which would provide better DAE results? The Digital input, or the analog cable into the sound card?

 

[Biggs]

Ulric, use the CD-ROM's DAE so that the signal would not have pass the flimsy 2-wire(aka Digital) or 4-wire(aka Analog) and be susceptible to interference.

 

[UlricT]

ok... thats what i've been doing... thought it might be the other way round though... 😀