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<blockquote data-quote="Mew" data-source="post: 234937" data-attributes="member: 29012">No, I haven't yet but it is effectively what I plan to do. It was a Sony DVD player I used in the past which had 6 line outs (2 front, 2 rear, centre and subwoofer). The DVD player did the Dolby Digital decoding onboard an fed the resulting split signals out. The priciple should be the same with a soundcard as it has already done the decoding if you are taking an analogue feed. If I had a digital external processor I could have taken a single coaxial or optical feed from the DVD player (also avaliable on my motherboard's built in soundcard) and used that.So 3 of the stereo 3.5 mm line outs on the sound card will split to 6 phono plugs that will plug into the Yamaha E492. Because this only has amplification for the centre and rear speakers I have to use the Kenwood for the front 2 channels. If I had a subwoofer it would need to be active (i.e. have its own amplification) and take a phono feed from the Yamaha E492. A home cinema type amplifier/receiver will normally be able to power all speakers (except maybe the subwoofer) so you only need the one box rather than the Amp/Processor combination I used. Most can probably use the digital feed which should give a better sound as the decoders will be better quality than those on a built in soundcard.Mew</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mew, post: 234937, member: 29012"] No, I haven't yet but it is effectively what I plan to do. It was a Sony DVD player I used in the past which had 6 line outs (2 front, 2 rear, centre and subwoofer). The DVD player did the Dolby Digital decoding onboard an fed the resulting split signals out. The priciple should be the same with a soundcard as it has already done the decoding if you are taking an analogue feed. If I had a digital external processor I could have taken a single coaxial or optical feed from the DVD player (also avaliable on my motherboard's built in soundcard) and used that. So 3 of the stereo 3.5 mm line outs on the sound card will split to 6 phono plugs that will plug into the Yamaha E492. Because this only has amplification for the centre and rear speakers I have to use the Kenwood for the front 2 channels. If I had a subwoofer it would need to be active (i.e. have its own amplification) and take a phono feed from the Yamaha E492. A home cinema type amplifier/receiver will normally be able to power all speakers (except maybe the subwoofer) so you only need the one box rather than the Amp/Processor combination I used. Most can probably use the digital feed which should give a better sound as the decoders will be better quality than those on a built in soundcard. Mew [/QUOTE]

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