MusicBringer Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 I am looking for some special help here today I am connecting my laptop to my Hifi Amp using the headphone Out.I have a 500GB ext hard drive - half full of mp3's - connected using usb to the laptop. I am playing my music files through my Amp and ProAc speakers. I sounds ok, but I want it to be better.laptop>3 1/2mm jack connector>phono plugs>Amp>SpeakersI am told it would be better with a DAC between the laptop and Amp laptop>3 1/2mm jack connector>DAC>phono plugs>Amp>SpeakersMy wonderful minidisc has a built-in DAC I have both NH1 and NH 900I want to use a minidisc between laptop and Amp, but I cannot get the sound to pass through the minidisc laptop>3 1/2mm jack connector>minidisc>3 1/2mm jack adaptor>phono plugs>Amp>SpeakersPlease help me and tell me how to get the sound into the minidisc Line In and out through the minidisc headphone Out. Like what settings/buttons do I press Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eriktous Posted November 1, 2006 Report Share Posted November 1, 2006 This will only work if your laptop has an optical-out connection. You connect this to the optical-in on your MD, and put it in record mode (I guess pause-record will work).Sounds to me as what you are trying to do now, is sending an analog signal from your laptop to your MD, which converts that to a digital signal first with its ADC, and then uses its DAC to convert it to an analog signal again. I don't think the sound will improve a lot this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicBringer Posted November 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2006 Hello eriktous, thanks for your reply. Yeah, I understand what you are saying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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