Hey,
Well, I decided to figure out the pin out of the EXT_SPDIF connector on my original Live! Value (the first release), and well, I discovered that there are individual pins for both SPDIF In/Out, so I went over to Radio Shack, picked up some simple female RCA jacks, took an old PCI slot cover, drilled out two holes, and mounted the two connectors, wired them, soldered on wires (I used old connectors from an old case for the LED, since they had the two pin connector, just snipped off the LED). I connected the OUT to pins 1 and 2 (2 being ground), and the IN on pins 5 and 6 (5 being ground).
I booted up, started Winamp, and playing some tunes, opened the Surround Mixer, and listend once with analog audio, then switched to digital (selected Digital Output Only), and WOW!!!!
The difference is like night and day, little distortion, crisper and cleaner sound, it's honestly amazing. I'm using it with an Altec Lansing ACS 56 speaker setup, and connected my new SPDIF Out from the card to the SPDIF on the speakers, and it's great, I was contemplating buying a Hoontech addon for these connectors, but my own creation worked just as well, and only cost me $4
Well if anyone's interested, I got the information on the Pin out from this site:
Live! Center
Now I have digital in and out, both of which give new life to my old Live! Value
And that's my story,
--Mark
Well, I decided to figure out the pin out of the EXT_SPDIF connector on my original Live! Value (the first release), and well, I discovered that there are individual pins for both SPDIF In/Out, so I went over to Radio Shack, picked up some simple female RCA jacks, took an old PCI slot cover, drilled out two holes, and mounted the two connectors, wired them, soldered on wires (I used old connectors from an old case for the LED, since they had the two pin connector, just snipped off the LED). I connected the OUT to pins 1 and 2 (2 being ground), and the IN on pins 5 and 6 (5 being ground).
I booted up, started Winamp, and playing some tunes, opened the Surround Mixer, and listend once with analog audio, then switched to digital (selected Digital Output Only), and WOW!!!!
The difference is like night and day, little distortion, crisper and cleaner sound, it's honestly amazing. I'm using it with an Altec Lansing ACS 56 speaker setup, and connected my new SPDIF Out from the card to the SPDIF on the speakers, and it's great, I was contemplating buying a Hoontech addon for these connectors, but my own creation worked just as well, and only cost me $4
Well if anyone's interested, I got the information on the Pin out from this site:
Live! Center
Now I have digital in and out, both of which give new life to my old Live! Value
And that's my story,
--Mark