"james" wrote in message ...
OK, I asked a previous question earlier about whether I can connect 3.5mm
minijack output on my PC soundcard to my hi-fi speaker.

There's nothing to stop you taking the audio line-out from a sound
card and putting it into one of the inputs on your hi-fi amplifier.

However, PCs tend to be very 'noisy' inside and you may notice a lot
of pops and whistles as other activity in the PC interferes with the
sound outputs. I'm just about to move to an external USB sound card
to get rid of this. Creative have been mentioned elsewhere in replies
but also have a look at the Philips Aurilium. USB1 can supposedly run
into bandwidth problems with multichannel sound so look for one of the
newer USB2 cards (like the Philips.)

If you've an AV amp some sound cards have an optical digital out which
you could take to the optical-in on the amp. The price of AV kit
means this may be more
cost effective if you've got optical out already and are buying the
kit new.

Finally, if you want a nice interface to play back music away from the
PC the Slim Device Squeezebox (www.slimdevices.com) is a great
solution.