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It really seems like that size is too big for a regular office desk but a lot of people here own displays of that size, so I'm curious about your setups... :p

I don't want to decode the signal though. The adapter I have already does that. I just want the pre-encoded DD 5.1 signal through SPDIF. Anyway, thanks for all the help guys.

I'm using Vista 64. There isn't a problem with the receiver, which is just a small adapter really. I just want to know if there's something I missed. Do I need to do anything else other than select DD 5.1 from the DVD menu and make SPIDF the default playback device? It's a pre-encoded track...

So I finally got some optical cables for my Dolby Headphone adapter, the JVC SU-DH1 and now I'm trying to watch movies through it. What I did was select SPIDF as the default playback device in the sound settings. Then of course I navigated the movie's menus and selected 5.1... First of all...

Does Dolby Headphone have a set bit rate or something like that? I mean if I give it a Dolby Digital signal and it down mixes that, it won't be better quality than DD. However, if the sound card does it directly but down mixing raw sound, the PCM signal, the sound would be uncompresses in...

Well it looks like I'm getting a prelude now. I'll have to get Dolby Headphone through my JVC adapter. I doubt it produces sound as good a something like a Xonar D2X though, which I was planning to get and has DH. The JVC unit only runs on batteries though, not really convenient.I might have to...

Wait, with the prelude I can get Dolby Digital 5.1 with EAX? Or is it just 5.1 with EAX? If it's the former than it wouldn't be a problem as I have a Dolby Headphone adapter that down mixes 5.1 signals to output Dolby Headphone. I'm back to considering the prelude now... if only the new Xonar...

So it seems that to get the best sound for a game, you'd need EAX... and if you're using Dolby Headphone or Doby Digital Live you're out of luck? Or can you use both? It sucks that all non-Creative cards only have EAX 1.0/2.0. At least all the ones I've seen. And maybe if Creative supported...

Just to balance things out... :p http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/multimedia/display/auzen-prelude71_8.html By the way, which Turtle Beach card are you talking about?

So I guess I'll be missing out if I don't have a card that does both EAX and 5.1 surround? Can you really even enable EAX and Dolby Digital at the same time? I'm guessing it'd have to be through regular 5.1 through analog connections to speakers or however Creative speakers are setup for...

My understanding is, and someone please correct me here, is that EAX is for 3D positional sound effects on a stereo signal. So if the game is outputting a true surround signal, EAX would have no purpose. However I'm not sure if EAX is for sound effects in general or only simulating surround...

What receiver are you using? I've looked everywhere but it's as if Dolby Headphone only exists in a few adapters here and there. Dude, seriously? Creative vs. Dolby... o_o From what I know the CMSS-3D tech uses a stereo signal and extrapolates to a surround one but Dolby Headphone simply...

It only supports EAX 1.0/2.0 though... Does it matter with surround sound though? Dolby Headphone takes in a 5.1 signal and converts it for headphones. Now I keep hearing EAX is only for positional 3D sound and other times I hear it's also for general sound effects... When outputting a 5.1...

I wanted to buy the latest Auzen card but they dropped that feature. :( Must be because now with X-Fi they have Creative's own virtualization tech. I've got a JVC SU-DH1, which is a Dolby Headphone adapter. Guess I can get any sound card that outputs a Dolby Digital 5.1 signal but according to...

Sorry for the late reply, forgot about this thread. :p Kilo Bytes or Kilo Bits? I hope it's the latter...