????....PC Digital out splitter

[dee1949]

..can you split the digital output of a sound card to direct to 2 sources without losing quality. I would like to send audio to HT system or my two channel setup.

Would a Y splitter work? One cable to DAC and then 2 channel. Other to HT.

Is there such a thing as a digital Y splitter?

[jakelm]

I dont see why a coax/RCA splitter wouldnt work.

[Face]

What kind of sound card do you have?

You can buy a adapter for Xfi cards that has one digital coax out and one optical out. I used one of these devices and it worked fine. I would not use a Y.

[dee1949]

...CHAINTECH AV-710 7.1 ....suppose to have good dacs on back channels that can be used for 2 channel....its cheap....but so am i....retired and POOR. My 2 channel system has the Polk sda-crs's with Carver M1.0t amp and MSB Link III. The HT uses a Denon receiver w/old collection of speakers of which the front channels are Mission/Cyrus 781's. The Chaintech only has 1 optical out. Would need optical splitter. Any loss of signal by splitting?

[Face]

If you use the digital out, you're bypassing the DAC's.

If you want to use your card's DACs, you would need to use the analog outs.

[dee1949]

...not too concerned with HT....but would be nice....Could I send regular 2 channel by RCA to HT and also send optical...simultaneously. I need a 35' run of optical cable to get to DAC....2 channel system is in another room.

Thank you for responses.

[Face]

It depends on the card, check the manufacturer's website. I know I can't with my XFi.