| Computer Sound Output.   [message #73425] | 
			Tue, 31 July 2012 06:59  | 
		 
		
			
				
				
				
					
						  
						RichD
						 Messages: 3 Registered: July 2012  Location: Oxford, UK
						
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		Hello.  
 
I am interested in improving computer sound output. I currently have an old, home-made desktop; my partner has a Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop. I have read that the best way to transfer audio output to an amplifier, for example, is via an s/pdif output. I wonder whether it might be worth buying a computer with an s/pdif output, and whether anybody can advise which mid-range laptop (maximum £400.00) which have this output.  
 
Or, alternatively, would it be as well to use one of the computers we already have, and attach a usb to s/pdif converter of the following type: http://www.firestone-audio.eu/shop/products/allproductslisted/bravo.php. 
 
Finally, I wonder whether it would help to insert a superior sound card. I believe that some of these include a s/pdif output?  
 
I would very much appreciate any advice.  
 
Thank you in advance.  
 
Wishes. 
 
Rich. 
		
		
		
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