i need a 65' cable with a male mini-jack hookup on one end to insert into my PC & male RCA component hookups on the other end to insert into my receiver. the longest cable i can find is 25'. my PC is in my study & receiver's in the living room. what can i do? (other than move the computer or receiver).
Find some long headphone ext. cables to go most of the way and then a cable on the end like you need.
Find some long headphone ext. cables to go most of the way and then a cable on the end like you need.
I would recommend moving the computer closer. You are going to lose a bit of audio level and quality by running a line-level cable that far. and if you daisy chain three 25' cables together then there's even more signal loss there. bottom line is that it will work, but there will be quality loss. I'd just move the computer. Or if you have a coav digital output on your computer and input on your amp, then use that...there will be no quality loss by running a digital signal.
how can i tell if i have a coav digital output? i dont even know what that is. i have an optical input on my receiver but no optical out on my PC. is there any way to bridge a fiber optic out? would i lose much signal quality from running fiber optic that long? my receiver is a 500w x 5 (or 2). when the signal is coming from my computer all that power will be pushing 2 cerwin vega 315's. it shakes the house @ 1/3 volume. i can afford some volume loss. but i want a clean static-free quality signal.
can i buy a soundcard with an optical output & just run fiber optic between the 2? that seems like a really easy solution.
i just bought a mini-jack optical adapter, 2 50' fiber optic cables & a coupling to tie them together. i hope this works! thanks for the help.
but running an analog cable that far you won't have volume loss, you will have signal loss meaning a lot of interference. running your amp at a high volume you will definately notice it. if your computer has optical out then by all means use that. if not, i'd recommend getting a sound card that does. creative has an external USB 1.1 powered audio interface with both coax and optical in/out. it costs around $50. well worth the price (for consumer-level audio)...
