Black Macbook to Receiver??

[jbute2k2]

I have the black macbook and would like to hook it up to my sony str-dg720 receiver? What would be the easiest/best way to go about this? Im wanting to listen to my music through it...not so much video but that would be nice (not a priority though).
Thanks

 

[Luap]

You have a few options.. Either a simple 3.5mm Mini jack to phono(rca) connector cable. These are readily available and cheap. Mini jack goes in the macs headphone socket. phono/rca cables go to the inputs in the back of your hifi/receiver. May need a long cable though...

Or, much the same thing, but via a FireWire or USB audio interface. You'd only do this if you are fussy about sound quality. Modern macs built in outputs are not all that, so many people prefer to go via a decent audio interface first. Which interface? Theres a multitude of them to choose from. From cheap to very expensive. The choice is yours.

Or, finally.. A semi wireless system. Send music wirelessly from iTunes to an Airport express. You'd still need the cable I described earlier, to go from the Express to your hifi/receiver. But its a much more elegant solution 🙂

 

[jbute2k2]

You have a few options.. Either a simple 3.5mm Mini jack to phono(rca) connector cable. These are readily available and cheap. Mini jack goes in the macs headphone socket. phono/rca cables go to the inputs in the back of your hifi/receiver. May need a long cable though...

Where can I find one of those? Best Buy seemed to think I was crazy when I said I was looking for one of those? Any links?

 

[jbute2k2]

Would this work???


http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...d=1020704&p_id=2843&seq=1&format=1#largeimage

 

[Luap]

Would this work???


http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...d=1020704&p_id=2843&seq=1&format=1#largeimage

Not exactly.. That has an S video connector on it, at the computer end. Your computer has no S video connector, although you can get an adapter. And even then, only if you really want video too.

If you only want audio, then all you need is something like this:
http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=23686

Any number of places sell cables just like that, as they are very common.

If you really want to send video too, then i'll let someone else chime in with help on that, as I don't dabble with it really.

 

[vandlism]

Booooo RCA jacks!

Step 1: Mini-DVI to DVI adapter for your MacBook
Step 2: DVI to HDMI Cable, to get video off your MacBook into your receiver
Step 3: Optical Cable, to pass your audio (pure digital) to your receiver

If all you want is audio, get the optical cable for $20.

 

[gothamm]

Booooo RCA jacks!

Step 1: Mini-DVI to DVI adapter for your MacBook
Step 2: DVI to HDMI Cable, to get video off your MacBook into your receiver
Step 3: Optical Cable, to pass your audio (pure digital) to your receiver

If all you want is audio, get the optical cable for $20.

seconded.

one thing i would add is to get all your cables mentioned above from monoprice.com. probably get all 3 for $20, same quality.