radeonboy
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Hey guys (and gals),
First time post on Head-Fi and I have a puzzling situation. I have a Fiio D3 DAC that is going from optical TOSLINK to RCA and I run the RCA to my primary M-Audio CX5's and they are very loud in this setup. I don't have to have any volume switch on the PC or monitor set to even half way and they belt like crazy.
Anyway my friend just picked up the new M-Audio BX5 D2 monitors and wanted to test them before he got all his gear together.
Problem is I can't for the life of me get these working, at least loud enough. Barely any sound comes out of them. In all instances even when I crank up the volume on the PC to highest and actual studio monitors volume knob to HIGHEST, the output is so tiny and faint, this isn't normal. Both left and right exhibit the same problem, however I notice one of the sides output is much lower than the other.
Here is how I set this up...
First Way
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TOSLINK from PC to Fiio D3 --> RCA out to BX5 D2 with 6.35mm (1/4") stereo plug to rca jack adapter in the TRS port.
Result: Everything cranked to highest on PC/speaker, almost no sound (imagine like 4% sound output than 100%)
![](https://www.head-fi.org/attachments/219381/)
Second Way
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PC headphone jack (green) to Y splitter --> RCA to BX5 D2 with 6.35mm (1/4") stereo plug to rca jack adapter in the TRS port.
Result: Everything cranked to highest on PC/speaker, almost no sound (imagine like 4% sound output than 100%)
Third Way
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NuForce Icon LINE OUT to 1/8" to RCA Y-Splitter --> RCA cables to BX5 D2 with 6.35mm (1/4") stereo plug to rca jack adapter in the TRS port.
Result: Everything on HIGH (Nuforce + Volume on BX5 D2, low output sound like coming from a tiny speaker.
Why and what am I doing wrong? I don't understand how this is not working.
Thanks in advance for all your help. If you need some pictures of how I am setting this up, let me know.
First time post on Head-Fi and I have a puzzling situation. I have a Fiio D3 DAC that is going from optical TOSLINK to RCA and I run the RCA to my primary M-Audio CX5's and they are very loud in this setup. I don't have to have any volume switch on the PC or monitor set to even half way and they belt like crazy.
Anyway my friend just picked up the new M-Audio BX5 D2 monitors and wanted to test them before he got all his gear together.
Problem is I can't for the life of me get these working, at least loud enough. Barely any sound comes out of them. In all instances even when I crank up the volume on the PC to highest and actual studio monitors volume knob to HIGHEST, the output is so tiny and faint, this isn't normal. Both left and right exhibit the same problem, however I notice one of the sides output is much lower than the other.
Here is how I set this up...
First Way
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TOSLINK from PC to Fiio D3 --> RCA out to BX5 D2 with 6.35mm (1/4") stereo plug to rca jack adapter in the TRS port.
Result: Everything cranked to highest on PC/speaker, almost no sound (imagine like 4% sound output than 100%)
Second Way
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PC headphone jack (green) to Y splitter --> RCA to BX5 D2 with 6.35mm (1/4") stereo plug to rca jack adapter in the TRS port.
Result: Everything cranked to highest on PC/speaker, almost no sound (imagine like 4% sound output than 100%)
Third Way
---------------
NuForce Icon LINE OUT to 1/8" to RCA Y-Splitter --> RCA cables to BX5 D2 with 6.35mm (1/4") stereo plug to rca jack adapter in the TRS port.
Result: Everything on HIGH (Nuforce + Volume on BX5 D2, low output sound like coming from a tiny speaker.
Why and what am I doing wrong? I don't understand how this is not working.
Thanks in advance for all your help. If you need some pictures of how I am setting this up, let me know.