Question Connecting Wiim Mini to Dell MMS 5650 Speakers for 5.1

johnsolo

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I am trying to connect my Wiim Mini to my Dell MMS 5650 speakers to get direct, 5.1 surround sound. The Wiim Mini has a SPDIF output( which to my knowledge will be digital and preserve the 6 channels versus the aux output which makes it stereo), so I need to use an external sound card/dac to convert the digital signal to analog surround.

The Dell MMS 5650 speakers has 3 lime-yellow-green TRS 3.5mm outputs for audio. I have looked using a variety of external sound cards, but none of them have been able to convert the digital signal from the Wiim Mini dierctly to the 3 TRS connectors which give the 6 5.1 channels.

I am looking for an external sound card that has a digital input (either optical or coaxial) and 6 analog outputs (TRS or RCA). connection for the lime-yellow-green TRS inputs on the Dell speakers.

Does anyone have any recommendations?