On 12/8/05, Kenneth Porter <shiva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > --On Wednesday, December 07, 2005 1:53 PM -1000 Chris Stark > <cstark@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > It sounds like you already have your KVM, but if you would rather not > > invest in a mixer, you may want to consider getting a KVM with audio. > > They seem pretty common these days. > > Anyone seen a KVM capable of handling 5.1 sound? Mine has the single green > (front stereo) jack, but it would be nice if I could switch all the > channels and retain the Surround capability. > Easy: We bought nine audio jacks and a three two way switches and connected them in a plastic salad container. You connect the left and right sides directly to each other, and only the ground goes through the switch. You need to switch three switches to move from machine to machine, but if you can find a switch that works on three channels (or a relay- I've only ever seen switches that work on two channels) then that would solve that problem. Note that both machines need to be powered on, (or the machine that is off needs to be unplugged) - for some reason, when one of the machines is off, there is a load humming comming from the speakers. When both machines are powered on, it sounds great. No noticable loss of sound quality. Dotan Cohen http://lyricslist.com/lyrics/biography/14/abba.php ABBA Song Lyrics and Biography
