On Feb 28, 3:29=A0pm, Sonnova <sonn...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:25:01 -0800, jamesgangnc wrote
> (in article
> <07a79617-b99d-4c9c-ae14-7ccd4650e...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Feb 27, 3:59=A0pm, Sonnova <sonn...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:11:16 -0800, jamesgangnc wrote
> >> (in article
> >> <51f75cdb-bcb8-4bec-b1b7-3eba7bca3...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >>> On Feb 26, 5:19=A0pm, Sonnova <sonn...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >>>> On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:42:00 -0800, jamesgangnc wrote
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> >>>>> On Feb 26, 3:30=A0pm, Sonnova <sonn...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >>>>>> On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:13:12 -0800, jamesgangnc wrote
> >>>>>> (in article <13s84373qjuk...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >>>>>>> The headphone jack is only going to provide stereo, or at best
ana=
log
> >>>>>>> surround. =A0You need to get a digital output from your mac and
no=
t from
> >>>>>>> something that hooks to the headphone jack either. =A0Taking the
a=
nalog
> >>>>>>> signal
> >>>>>>> from the headphone jack is never going to get you back to
digital =
5.1.
> >>>>>>> =A0I
> >>>>>>> don't know squat about macs but you probably should have gone to
t=
he
> >>>>>>> apple
> >>>>>>> store. =A0After you shelled over the appropriate bucks then they
w=
ill fix
> >>>>>>> you
> >>>>>>> up. =A0Gotta love that proprietary apple stuff.
>
> >>>>>> Apple "stuff" isn't very proprietary these days. In fact, they
supp=
ort
> >>>>>> =A0all
> >>>>>> of the modern standards that your standard Windows laptop
sup****ts =
and
> >>>>>> then
> >>>>>> some (Firewire is standard, for instance). What you need for most
> >>>>>> laptops
> >>>>>> (Windows or Mac) is a USB to surround-sound processor in order to
> >>>>>> connect
> >>>>>> the
> >>>>>> Logitech system. IOW, one of these:
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> >>>>>>http://tinyurl.com/2fqgtm
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> >>>>>> Or similar.
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> >>>>>>> "Robert" <kurtis.bax...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>>>>>>>news:0f2705a0-0092-4c1c-b7d1-f8c0469b1c3b@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >>>>>>>> Hi all,
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> >>>>>>>> I purchased the logitech z5500 5.1 system and i'd like to hook
it=
up
> >>>>>>>> to my macbook. i suppose with a dvd player or ps2, it's just a
ma=
tter
> >>>>>>>> of getting an optical cable and plugging it in.. but i'm not
sure=
how
> >>>>>>>> to go about doing it on a computer with only a headphone
jack... =
do i
> >>>>>>>> just need the optical cable (called toslink?) and then get a
tosl=
ink
> >>>>>>>> mini adapter and i'm all set? will this mini adapter work in
the
> >>>>>>>> headphone jack?
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> >>>>>>>> Thanks a lot!!!!!!
>
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>> Do you know the difference between students like you, amateurs
and
> >>>>>> professional jazz musicians? Student bands and amateurs "almost"
sw=
ing!
>
> >>>>>> Fred Berry
> >>>>>> Professor of Music
> >>>>>> Stanford University
>
> >>>>> Yea, $80, swell. =A0No-name pc sound card for $15. =A0I'll stick
to =
pcs.
>
> >>>> I'm sorry, but how are you gonna put a $15 no-name sound card into
a =
PC
> >>>> Notebook? Notebooks need outboard surround decoders too. There are
ch=
eaper
> >>>> ones, for the Mac and the PC. I chose the $80 one as an example
becau=
se
> >>>> its
> >>>> FireWire.
>
> >>>> Oh, and I can put a $15 PC sound card into a Mac tower too because
it=
has
> >>>> -wait for it- PCI card slots just like a Windows box!
>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Do you know the difference between students like you, amateurs and
> >>>> professional jazz musicians? Student bands and amateurs "almost"
swin=
g!
>
> >>>> Fred Berry
> >>>> Professor of Music
> >>>> Stanford University- Hide quoted text -
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> >>>> - Show quoted text -
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> >>> Oh wait, you need drivers too? =A0That's too bad. =A0Yea, mac wants
to=
be
> >>> a pc but it just can't.
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> >> Actually, the Mac doesn't need drivers for the USB or Firewire 5.1
deco=
der (
> >> a Windows laptop needs that outboard decoder too). But I notice that
yo=
u
> >> ignored that point.
>
> >> Macs and PCs are just two sides of the same coin. One has advantages
in=
one
> >> area while the other has advantages in other areas. Mac has the
better =
OS,
> >> in
> >> my not-so-humble opinion, but Windows has more of the popular
business
> >> software titles. I'm pretty system agnostic and use both. A computer
is=
a
> >> tool, not a religion.- Hide quoted text -
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> >> - Show quoted text -
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> > We were talking about your claim that a mac can take any pc card
> > because it has a pci slot. =A0Specialized pci cards for the most part
> > require drivers and there are lots of pci cards for pcs that won't do
> > anything in a mac because the vendor didn't write a driver for the
> > mac.
>
> You might have been talking about that, I was talking about the subject,
> which was that the OP had a Macbook that he wanted to connect a Logitech
> z5500 to and couldn't do 5.1 surround, because, like almost all notebook
> computers, both Mac and Windows, it didn't have surround-sound outputs.
I
> suggested one of a number of outboard USB or Firewire 5.1 surround-sound
> adapters, and that these didn't need drivers on Macs.
>
> I am aware that almost all PCI cards require drivers, but there are a
numb=
er
> of cheap sound cards that sup****t the Intel-based Macs.
>
> --
> Do you know the difference between students like you, amateurs and
> professional jazz musicians? Student bands and amateurs "almost" swing!
>
> Fred Berry
> Professor of Music
> Stanford University- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
"Oh, and I can put a $15 PC sound card into a Mac tower too because it
has
-wait for it- PCI card slots just like a Windows box! "
Pci slots do not a pc a mac make.
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