how to wire an audio reciever to a pc sound card

[Nefesis]

The title of this basically says it all. I am buying a reciever from Circuit City (http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/productDetail.do?oid=108880) to hook up 4-6 old speakers (4 of them originally came with the jukebox I'm building) and I want to hook the reciever up to a pc sound card. The sound card I have now is nothing fancy, it just has one input jack for speakers. I was wondering if I could hack the line from a cheap set of pc speakers or would I need a special cable? I will buy a new soundcard if necessary, also. I did some searching but couldn't find anything that close to what I was looking for, though I wouldn';t be too surprised if someone had already brought this up.

Thanks in advance!

[billf]

I used a simple cable with mini jack on one end and dual RCA jacks on the other.

[mccoy178]

That seems to be the best way to accomplish this cheaply.  On newer sound cards and recievers, there is a digital out on the sound card that could be directly ran into a digital in on the receiver.  I have a receiver that is from the mid 90's that does not have this option.  I used the suggestion above.  I suggest checking out some of the home theatre sites to get a good sound card for surround sound if that is what you are going for. Here is one: http://www.htpcnews.com/

[Nefesis]

Allright, thanks! Just what I was looking for. Plus in my price range! I'm not really trying for a surround sound system, so I'll probably just be keeping what I have now. However, I will remeber the link for my next project... heh heh heh.