Is coax to rca from my sound card even possible?

[zikonz2]

So when I select S/PDIF on my sound card software as output, the sound is awful, all I hear is almost only white noise. I was wondering if it's even possible to output S/PDIF to RCA? I bought these two cables off amazon to plug on a 90s stereo receiver. I would have used the rca or 6.3mm jack output, but those are already being used by my bookshelf speakers and headphones.

Thanks guys.



Sound card: http://www.amazon.ca/PCI-Express-XONAR-ESSENCE-STX-90-YAA0C0-0UAN00Z/product-reviews/B001OV789U/ref=dpx_acr_txt?showViewpoints=1

cables:

http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B003L1AGVS?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00

http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B002EA9438?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00

 

[laviniuc]

you need a jack to rca (and use the standard stereo output instead of s/pdif), that should work.

coax is digital sound, i'm surprised you hear anything at all.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Insten-Insten-Optical-Coaxial-Toslink-Digital-to-Analog-Audio-Converter-Adapter-RCA-L-R-3.5mm/46522445 you need something like this, but ... you'll probably lose sound quality

edit: you can also split the jack output with one of these: http://www.conrad.com/ce/en/product/325119/SpeaKa-Professional-Jack-plug-635-mm-to-Jack-socket-63-mm-Adapter