Do these wires exist????

[bangbangben]

I need an adapter for my 5.1 speakers, it would have to be RCA (red and white) to digital S/PDIF........ are there such things???? so I can get 5.1 audio??????
Thanks

 

[bevancoleman]

<< I need an adapter for my 5.1 speakers, it would have to be RCA (red and white) to digital S/PDIF........ are there such things???? so I can get 5.1 audio??????
Thanks >>


When you say

<< RCA (red and white) >>

do you mean 2xRCA plugs?? Ifthe RCA is analog than no (there is no point anyway), if the RCA is digital than it IS already s/pdif. If you mean you want to convert from s/pdif coax to optical s/pdif (or vice veria) then you need a conversion adapter (JayCar sells then in Australia)

The only way to get 5.1 out of a s/pdif is if the sound is encoded in Dolby Digital. Generally DD is only used on DVDs as games, mp3, etc output in stero digital.

The SB Live is the only exeption to this as it has twin s/pdif outputs, the 2nd gets used for the rear channel in games (2nd channel is ignored when playing DVDs as it isn't needed).

The upcomming nForce is rummored to have DD encoding inbuilt into the hardware so it will be able to output a 5.1 signal for all applications.

 

[Bglad]

This is impossible without a digital decoder. Spdif is a digital output and the input of your speakers is analog. You need a digital decoder to decode the spdif output and change it to the line level analog input required by powered speakers or an amplifier.

 

[Workin']

So the short answer is no, such wires do not exist.

Do your speakers have 6 RCA inputs or do they have a S/PDIF input? Or neither or both?