Recent content by arlemedra

Well if you are looking at getting a full 2.1 system as far as I know you are fairly limited to packaged deals, like those z623's you picked out, and getting bookshelf speakers and a sub isn't really an option. However a decent set of bookshelfs will probably give you the bass response you need...

Amplifiers tend to be the most expensive part of a speaker system. Do you have a budget in mind? The lepai will power those speakers fairly well, but they won't be able to play to their max volume.

I understand what you are talking about, it's just that unfortunately I have no options available (everything is grayed out) when I have nothing but the optical output or hdmi plugged in. I don't know if there are drivers I need to update somewhere or what is wrong, but I don't even get anything...

I don't even get the option to select it as the output. It doesn't even appear under my list of devices.

I'm trying to connect to my new receiver using SPDIF out, because I can't get it to work any other way (HDMI isn't recognized, no sound from RCA), but am having problems because windows 8.1 won't recognize that anything is being plugged in (whether it be an hdmi cable or my optical cable). Yes...

Have you tried selecting HDMI as your output in control panel? There should be an option to select HDMI as your audio output under your sound settings in control panel.

I need a bit of help getting my PC to play sound through my receiver. I've tried using an optical cable through the SPDIF out on my motherboard (I don't have a sound card) to the optical input on my Denon 1912, but am getting no sound. In device manager (Windows 8.1) I get the error: "This...