I finally took the plunge and built my own rig. Everything worked fine until I plugged my Boston Acoustic Digital BA735 speakers into my EVGA 680i motherboard’s onboard outputs: Nothing happened. I received no sound at all. I tried the same speakers with a Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer card and got the same result: zilch. Am I missing something here?
The BA735s can’t be used as digital speakers—at least not with your hardware. The Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer supports optical out, not coaxial digital audio. And your EVGA 680i also supports only optical SPDIF out. The Doctor believes that the BA735 speakers support only coax SPDIF in for its digital mode. You can’t run optical digital-out to a coaxial input.
Fortunately, the speakers have an analog port. You should buy a standard 1/8-inch cable and connect the analog-in port on your speakers to the green audio-out of your soundcard or motherboard.
 |
SUBMIT YOUR QUESTION Are flames shooting out of the back of your rig? First, grab a fire extinguisher and douse the flames. Once the pyrotechnic display has fizzled, email the doctor at doctor@maximumpc.com for advice on how to solve your technological woes. |
Comments are closed on this article
Digital-Storm
November 08, 2008 at 12:24pm
I am wondering how you come to the conclusion that he is using Digital or Optical out and not the regular anolog in the first place.
strykyr
November 08, 2008 at 12:47pm
System Requirements: Digital output sound card; Digital output must be a 3.5mm mini-din digital out; Available power outlet.
strykyr
November 10, 2008 at 5:20pm
The X-Fi Fatal1ty Platinum supports coaxial digital out. Both from the back of the card and the break out box. You will need an adapter if you want to use the card. You will use the flexijack which I think will be a 4 conductor 1\8th inch headphone type jack that has an RCA female jack on the other side. I'm using that jack to connect to my old DTT3500 speaker system. There is a picture in the quick install guide showing that jack being used to connect to an RCA cable for AC-3 purposes. I chose that card because it is the only version whose website stated the flexi-jack was also a digital out for use with my speakers. I have never had such an easy time getting a Creative sound card to install. In a half hour I was back up and running. And it sounds great. I just got it on the 5th and I only paid $100 NEW not refurb. I got my money's worth with that one for sure. When I ordered it on the 28th, there were 10 left. Now there are only 7. The website is listed below.
http://www.weirdstuff.com/cgi-bin/item/20720
5 left 11/08/08
45 left on the 10th
dukki7
November 14, 2008 at 1:08pm
Thank you THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!
I had my doubts at first. But I took the chance and went to the link you posted for Weirdstuff. bought the card and I got it today. This is NOT bullshit, this is the real deal, not refurb, not used. This Fatality Champ is brand new, unopened in the box. FOR REAL!!! BUY THIS CARD NOW!!! I owe you a big one strykyr. If I were a woman, I'd have your damn baby!!!
To everyone reading, BUY THIS CARD! Do I have to say it again?
The LINK IS GOOD, THE PRICE IS REAL, THE PRODUCT IS REAL, NO BS!
strykyr
November 20, 2008 at 4:57am
LMAO your welcome. I will say that Crysis and Warhead don't like the headphone setting. Every other game rocks with it so I will say it's a game issue not a Creative Labs issue.
They still have 45. 11-16-08
Down to 37 on the 19th.
32 on the 20th.
Print
