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Audio Cables

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ApocalypZ

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Are the cables that run from your sb audigy 2 zs to your cd-rom/dvd-rom needed? What exactly are they for?
 
No. I may be wrong, but I believe the cable is used if you want to plug headphones directly to your cd rom drive...to get audio from the headphone out.

I could be wrong like I said. I don't use the cable.
 
No, it was for something known as redbook audio back in the day. This audio format was used for things like the first command and conquer games and would not play unless you had this cable connected. These days it is pretty much useless.
 
Originally posted by peltman78
No, it was for something known as redbook audio back in the day. This audio format was used for things like the first command and conquer games and would not play unless you had this cable connected. These days it is pretty much useless.
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I was wrong. :D
 
The cable is used to get CD audio from the CD-ROM drive into your soundcard. It would ONLY be used when playing a actual audio CD.

All modern operating systems now have the ability to perform Digital Audio Extraction to play audio CDs. This means the audio data on the disc is read by the drive, transported via the IDE bus where the OS then passes it on to your soundcard.

Win98SE, ME, 2k, and XP all have this ability. Its enabled by default in both ME and XP.

This cable is no longer needed.
 
Actually it's ATAPI bus ;) The IDE bus is a little different. The cable was originally used for CD audio ('Redbook' audio) to a soundcard or motherboard. It's not needed for playing from the drive's headphone jack; the drive has DAC circuitry for that purpose. Luckily, the industry has done away with this cable, which added clutter and picked up too much electronic noise from inside the computer anyways.
 
Originally posted by xonik
Actually it's ATAPI bus ;) The IDE bus is a little different. The cable was originally used for CD audio ('Redbook' audio) to a soundcard or motherboard. It's not needed for playing from the drive's headphone jack; the drive has DAC circuitry for that purpose. Luckily, the industry has done away with this cable, which added clutter and picked up too much electronic noise from inside the computer anyways.
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Actually it is the IDE bus, but non-hardrive devices use the ATAPI protocol :)
 
Originally posted by peltman78
No, it was for something known as redbook audio back in the day.
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I believe there is still something known as redbook audio :rolleyes:
 
The real reason you don't want to use it is because it uses the DAC in your cd-rom drive (very cheap-as-in-quality) vs the DAC on your soundcard (not as cheap).. the sound quality is much better using the DAC on your soundcard.
 
That, and it would be nice to place all of your audio from one output...
 
Originally posted by Proneax
The real reason you don't want to use it is because it uses the DAC in your cd-rom drive (very cheap-as-in-quality) vs the DAC on your soundcard (not as cheap).. the sound quality is much better using the DAC on your soundcard.
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Or if you're lucky enough to have ports on both the sound card and optical drive, one of these little buggers will give you the best of both worlds :D i.e., less IDE bus utilization/CPU time taken for error correction. I wouldn't bother with the analog connection unless it will be used for playing older games with.
 
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