DoubleD1

Hey All,

I own a couple 300W Cerwin Vega speakers and use them as my quality sound output at the moment, (quality sound versus the tv/pc monitor speakers).

I'm looking to make an investment to get a good sound system that I could have hooked up to my new computer, tv (or receiver connected to my tv), and my turn tables to a 7.1 surround sound system at the same time.

I have a few questions;
- Does the optical and/or digital output on my pc provide the same 7.1 capabities? (If so I guess I could just send it to a receiver and use the receiver to handle all of the inputs and output to a 7.1 setup)

- which output provides better quality optical or digital, I'm guessing optical is a digital output with better quality??

- Any recommendations for a good receiver (at a good price) as well as speakers?

- I have a DJM-800 also which I use currently to have my turntables on channels 1 and 2, old pc sound split using a Y cord into channel 3 and another Y cord for my iphone on channel 4. I like this because I can handle all of my audio through the mixer and equalize as I see fit, but I'm guessing it's not going to pass on 7.1 surround sound to the receiver???


Any setup suggestions are appreciated, I just want to do it right this time so I can have my pc set for gaming, tv setup for movies and shows, and turntables for quality music. I realize the receiver is a good choice, I just don't like that I would have to switch between tv/pc/TTs when at the current time I can have them all going at the same time with varrying volumes and equalization.

My intial thoughts were to hook up the TV and PC to a receiver with 7.1 surround sound (this way I would only be able to have one blastin at a time but I guess I could deal with that) and leave the TTs hooked up to my Cerwin Vegas, maybe I'll connect the mixer output so that the recording line (kinda like a second master output) goes to the 7.1 receiver so that when I want to go all quality tunes I can switch it over to the 7.1 system since I wouldn't likely be playing games or watching movies at the same time as I'm partying.

Sorry for the scrambled thoughts.

DD

DoubleD1

With regards to my question of optical and digital sound output;

Optical Output:
-Uses light varrying intensity to output an analogue signal.
-Capable of 5.1 surround sound or better,

Digital Output:
-Uses electrical signal to provide several true of false (1 or 0) signal which are converted into analogue signals for output to speakers (conversion means quality losses),
-Capable of 5.1 surround sound or better.

Main Reference:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...6165645AAC74UF
I checked other sources and they all say pretty much the same.

Let me know if I've made any mistakes with this information...


Also,
Since I have digital inputs and outputs I can still use my mixer to equalize my audio and I will use my new optical output from my pc to go straight to my receiver for when I want to get some extra quality sound while pc'n

DD