Hi guys, I own a set of AudioEngine A5's and love them. I will be adding the AudioEngine S8 subwoofer to the system pretty soon.
I have been researching this digital versus analog setups for a while now and what I found out is that die hard audiphiles still prefer analog sound transfer. This is supposedly the reason why A5's do not have a digital input. For now I have been driving these A5's using the onboard audio from a sony vaio notebook. I am not a humangous audiohpile but I would like to get my moneys worth out of these speakers so I am not sure if I should upgrade to an actual sound card on the new rig that I am gonna build. I did learn that when dealing with digital signals onboard sound is ok but if analog sound is used, then a dedicated card is a good idea. I just don't know if it would make a noticable difference on the sound quality. If I was driving a pair of $50 speakers I would not even start this thread but at least on my level, these A5's and the S8 sub are the best audio system I have owned to date.
I have been researching this digital versus analog setups for a while now and what I found out is that die hard audiphiles still prefer analog sound transfer. This is supposedly the reason why A5's do not have a digital input. For now I have been driving these A5's using the onboard audio from a sony vaio notebook. I am not a humangous audiohpile but I would like to get my moneys worth out of these speakers so I am not sure if I should upgrade to an actual sound card on the new rig that I am gonna build. I did learn that when dealing with digital signals onboard sound is ok but if analog sound is used, then a dedicated card is a good idea. I just don't know if it would make a noticable difference on the sound quality. If I was driving a pair of $50 speakers I would not even start this thread but at least on my level, these A5's and the S8 sub are the best audio system I have owned to date.