[juventuscadillac]

I just got a onkyo tx-sr304 receiver and would like to connect it to a x-fi soundcard, how do I do that? The receiver has no cables and i really don't know how to connect it and what I want to know is what type of cable should I buy and where to connect it,any help would be appreciated, thanks.

I have a x-fi xtremegamer and also a X-Fi Platinum and would be using a pair of Polk Audio R50's.

 

[BadassBob]

If you have a Radio Shack near you, you should pick up a 1/8" mono to RCA adapter and a coaxial digital cable. Run the adapter and cable from the digital out on your X-Fi to the coaxial digital-in on your receiver

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[juventuscadillac]

do i need a Optical Toslink Cable or a Coaxial cable? should i use the S/PDIF connection?

 

[BadassBob]

Youd use the coaxial since the X-Fi doesnt have optical. By doing this, you would be using the SPDIF.

 

[obobskivich]

or you could do analog -> analog, if you wanted to

that really depends on which device has the better D/A, the X-Fi, or the receiver

if you want 5.1, use digital, or get 3 pairs of those cables

 

[juventuscadillac]

so want cable do I have to buy to get the best sound?

 

[obobskivich]

depends on the quality of the components, honestly here's what I'd do, since you only have two speakers, get the 1/8 to rCA, and try it both ways, whichever one you prefer, stick with it

 

[juventuscadillac]

so all i need is a 1/8" adapter and the Coaxial cable? in this the best option? I am going to add a Subwoofer later on.

 

[BadassBob]

It depends. A 1/8" to stereo RCA adaptor plugged into the R/L out will utilize the X-Fi DAC. A coaxial digital cable plugged into the flexi-jack will bypass the DAC on the X-Fi and use the one on the receiver. Like was said above, try it both ways and see which sounds best to you.

 

[obobskivich]

you don't need two cables

the X-Fi's flexijack is a 3.5mm just like the R/L out

you just switch the miniplug cable over to that, one of the outputs (right or left) is going to be the digital out, one is going to be the digital in, if you don't get music on a given channel, you've ocnnected the input, not the output, so switch them around

and try whichever sounds best, since its only buying one cable (and you gotta buy the cable)

 

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[obobskivich]

way to join, and on your first post, answer a thread that had already been answered nearly 8 months ago