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[Marshall]

i think the back of the valvedock looks like this
you are incredibly helpful btw, thanks

[SirFrog]

Judging from this I'd say that the second set of speakers you mentioned, that RCA to 3.5mm cable, a DAC external sound card and this amp is all compatible to each other and thus, should work!

[Marshall]

fab! thanks for your patience (=

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wait, what RCA to 3.5mm cable? I'm trying to avoid using the 3.5 mm jack which is through my soundcard. oh boy... I'm confused again >:

[SirFrog]

Now, the ValveDock has an Audio In in the form of the ordinary Red and White plugs, also known as RCA. The audio L & R on this picture:
Now, to connect this to your computer and bypassing your ordinary sound card, you need a DAC who works as an sound card, like this one:
This allows you to add one 3.5 speaker plug and one 3.5mm mic plug.
Now, this one allows you to create a sound card which you can connect your amp to. And to connect, you need an 3.5mm to RCA cable to connect these two.
Like this:

[Marshall]

now I get it. Don't think I've ever bothered with the thank system forums, but your explanation was awesome, so there you go

[Marshall]

another question. for the RCA, I should be looking at analogue ones, right?

[SirFrog]

Yep, the RCA to 3.5mm is a completely analogue cable.

[Marshall]

so what are speaker cables for?

[SirFrog]

Well, connecting the speakers to the amp, if you mean the cables coloured dark gray and dark red on the image.

[Marshall]

Ahhes
if I use this, do I use speaker cables to connect it to the amp instead of RCA?