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audio question about ps3

Sadaiyappan

Sadaiyappan

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Hi. Is there any really really cheap receiver that has optical in, and just headphone out? I don't plan on getting real surround sound for a while and I tried to use my laptop as a receiver (my tv has RCA audio out so PS3 HDMI audio to TV RCA out to Laptops line in to laptops headphone out to headphone amp to headphone) it worked great at first, and I mean almost perfectly... but now there is a lot of static/crackling/interference... so I'm thinking of dropping the sound card I'm using as a receiver and just get some kind of real receiver...
 
You can save cash by using RCA for audio and HDMI for video. See here:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081016103949AA9YW0v

That way, you can use the standard multi-AV cables for audio, and the HDMI for video. Grab some 50 cent Female Stereo RCA > Male 3.5mm (or 1/4 inch) y cables, an inline 3.5mm volume control, and boom. For less than $5 you have audio out to headphones while maintaining a digital video display via HDMI. If you don't use an inline volume control or your headphones already have an inline control, swap the Male 3.5mm end with a female end.

If you want your whole TV's audio out to, well, output into the headphones, you can usually do the above but skip the inline volume.

Now if you want a digital source signal for audio (ie: you're insisting on using the toslink), you're looking into a DAC. That, or a full on DAC+Amp.

For a basic DAC, this might work. $80
http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Analog.../dp/B0038HX3S8

http://hackaday.com/2007/10/19/optical-headphone-amp/
That's supposedly a DIY optical in from google's blurb, but the site's blocked here at work so I can't verify.

http://www.audiophileproducts.com/fubar4
Headphone Amp + DAC. Tons of different inputs and adjustable gain. $277

http://www.audio-gd.com/Pro/Headphoneamp/Sparrow/SparrowEN.htm
Amp + DAC. Version B of the Sparrow offers both toslink and USB, plus coax. Heard it's around $140.

http://www.beresford-dac.com/beresford-tc-7520/discounted-tc-7520
This is a DAC with 2x coax, 1x toslink, 1x USB with headphone out -- this particular link is to their discounted page for $230 for some units.

You can also look into a Zero DAC import for about $140 or less.
 
My laptop has Realtek HD audio software. Not sure exactly what the sound card is. It has a line in. I have my ps3 connected to my TV through HDMI (audio and video). Then I have a RCA cable connected to the TVs audio out which goes into my laptops line in. Is this okay? I have my laptop (win 7 64) set to "listen in" on the line in in real-time. And I have my headphones connected to headphone jack while listening in. Is there software that will encode/decode the line in (Dolby, DTS etc.)?

And I get that RCA out is only stereo but headphones are only stereo and it doesn't sound right for some reason. Sounds like it is missing something, I think all the sounds are the same volume right now, it needs some kind of decoding/encoding.

And some games sound good and others don't. God of War collection has way too much distortion/crackling/static. But Gran Turismo 5 sounds almost perfect.
 
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