Trying to use 7.1 speakers with two pc's

Momenaut · February 24

I have a rather diy 7.1 setup using a 5.1 system + 2.1 system for the side speakers (both logitech) and I want to plug them into the soundcards on both of my pc's. How do I do this?

Thanks

Needfuldoer · February 24

4 minutes ago, Momenaut said:

I have a rather diy 7.1 setup using a 5.1 system + 2.1 system for the side speakers (both logitech) and I want to plug them into the soundcards on both of my pc's. How do I do this?

Thanks

Do both of your PCs have digital audio outputs (SPDIF, TOSLINK, optical, etc)?

Momenaut · February 24

3 minutes ago, Needfuldoer said:

Do both of your PCs have digital audio outputs (SPDIF, TOSLINK, optical, etc)?

one has spdif out and the other has optical

Needfuldoer · February 24

16 minutes ago, Momenaut said:

one has spdif out and the other has optical

I think your best bet is to get a TOSLINK/SPDIF/etc switch, then a digital to analog converter so you can send each channel to the appropriate speaker.

(SPDIF, optical audio, TOSLINK, etc all refer to the same basic standard.)

Momenaut · February 24

17 minutes ago, Needfuldoer said:

I think your best bet is to get a TOSLINK/SPDIF/etc switch, then a digital to analog converter so you can send each channel to the appropriate speaker.

(SPDIF, optical audio, TOSLINK, etc all refer to the same basic standard.)

okay, thank you!