Digital Speakers needed for Digital Out? - Club CDFreaks

DPolishSensation · 21-07-2007

I'm trying to set up a Sound Blaster Audigy 2 card for a friend. He does a lot of movie editing and would like to use the digital out. Line out works fine but when I plug the speakers into digital out, I get nothing. I'm guessing digital speakers are required but I wanted to make sure before I take this any further.

olyteddy · 22-07-2007

Or a home theater setup with a digital input.

*Bob* · 22-07-2007

I had my Audigy2 hooked up to my Klipsch Pro Media's with no problem. I have since went on to their X-Fi series and like it a lot better. Digital I/0.

NRen2k5 · 23-07-2007

There are no such things as digital speakers. What you may find at a store and which may work are speakers with a digital amp.

adre · 24-07-2007

As previously stated, "digital speakers" is an oxymoron. You may store an audio stream digitally, but somewhere, that stream needs to be decoded into analog electrical current and then sent to the speakers, where that energy is converted from electrical to mechanical via the speaker cone & magnets, in order to be heard.

21-07-2007	#1 (permalink)
DPolishSensation New on Forum Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3	Digital Speakers needed for Digital Out? <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> I'm trying to set up a Sound Blaster Audigy 2 card for a friend. He does a lot of movie editing and would like to use the digital out. Line out works fine but when I plug the speakers into digital out, I get nothing. I'm guessing digital speakers are required but I wanted to make sure before I take this any further.

22-07-2007	#2 (permalink)
olyteddy CD Freaks Die Hard Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,062	Re: Digital Speakers needed for Digital Out? Or a home theater setup with a digital input.

22-07-2007	#3 (permalink)
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23-07-2007	#4 (permalink)
NRen2k5 CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 460	Re: Digital Speakers needed for Digital Out? There are no such things as digital speakers. What you may find at a store and which may work are speakers with a digital amp. __________________ Scientology

24-07-2007	#5 (permalink)
adre CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Illinois, US Posts: 252	Re: Digital Speakers needed for Digital Out? As previously stated, "digital speakers" is an oxymoron. You may store an audio stream digitally, but somewhere, that stream needs to be decoded into analog electrical current and then sent to the speakers, where that energy is converted from electrical to mechanical via the speaker cone & magnets, in order to be heard. __________________ Current Drives: (SATA-1.5 - 1) Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000RPM . . .for booting Windows XP SP2 and for running applications. (USB 2.0) Western Digital MyBook Premium Edition 500GB 7,200RPM . . .for archiving lossless audio and for temporarily storing all other media. (PATA: Primary Master - UDMA 4) LiteOn LH-20A1H LL0A w/FastBurn & Enhanced OverSpeed . . .for scanning, for ripping and for burning CMC MAG M01 @12X, CMC MAG. AM3 @12X, MCC 03RG20 @12X and PRODISC R05 @12X. (PATA: Primary Slave - UDMA 6) Hitachi Deskstar 160GB 7,200RPM . . .for miscellaneous backups and temporary storage. (PATA: Secondary Master - UDMA 4) Plextor PX-760A 1.06 . . .for scanning and for burning TYG03 @16X, YUDEN000 T02 @12X, MXL RG02 @4X, MXL RG04 @16X, MCC 004 @16X, MCC 02RG20 @8X, MKM 003 @8X, CMC MAG F01 @4X, ProdiscF01 @8X, RICOHJPN R01 @4X and Taiyo Yuden/CMC Magnetics CD-R's @8X GigaRec. (PATA: Secondary Slave - UDMA 4) LG GSA-H42L @ LG GSA-H44L SB01 . . .for burning TYG01 @4X, TYG02 @8X, MAXELL 002 @12X, MXL RG03 @8X, MCC 003 @8X, SONY16D1 @12X, SONY08D1 @8X, MBI 01RG40 @8X and RICOHJPN R03 @8X. Panasonic DMR-ES15S IR-01 . . .for burning SONY S11 @1X. Trash Bin . . .for storing all ProdiscF02, RITEKF1 and RITEKD01.

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