Inspire 5500 with s/pdif

Hello... I am new to this forum as well as to sound related stuffs. After reading through lot of other topics and knowledge base, i have chosen 5.1 Inspire 5500 to go for. I chose this because of the built in decoder coming and low cost. I have recently bought a Lenovo y500 speaker model release in india.. (http://www-8.ibm.com/lenovoinfo/in/y...ce/y500_2.html) (Y500(7766AQ)). So it says the audio out also supports s/pdif. So is this enough to connect to 5500. Or do I need any sound cards.... Also can some one suggest me is there any other alternative at this price .... Note : Audio driver is Realtek HD Audio?Can the speakers be used? with analog systems as well...

I couldn't find anything related to S/PDIF in the link you provided, but your speakers support both coax and optical digital audio. If you know your computer supports S/PDIF, then you're good to go. The computer will have one (if not both) of those connections on it.
The only thing to look out for is a mini optical jack (looks like headphone jack, but isn't) and "mini" coax jacks, which are actual headphone jacks which output a different signal. Either one of those will require an adaptor, but they are easy to find.
You should also be able to use analog. I doubt the computer only has digital connections.

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