I bought a Schiit stack recently, but from what I can tell, when I use optical out on my Sound Blaster Z (Win 10) it just passes the sound through, because I'm no longer able to control the audio at all with the SBZ control panel. I'm not actually positive if this means the card is no longer doing any sound processing in games, but that's what I've been thinking.
Is there any way to keep Creative's DSP over optical? I've been having trouble getting a definite answer. I never heard back from Creative support, I got the impression from Schiit in a brief email that it wasn't, but it's been suggested to me on an audio forum and reddit that it might/should be possible.
I'm not even sure how much of a difference Creative's sound processing makes, but I do quite a bit of gaming (swapping frequently between 2.1 and headphones), so it seems like something I'd want to keep if it's possible (barring it being just totally irrelevant or something).
Is there any way to keep Creative's DSP over optical? I've been having trouble getting a definite answer. I never heard back from Creative support, I got the impression from Schiit in a brief email that it wasn't, but it's been suggested to me on an audio forum and reddit that it might/should be possible.
I'm not even sure how much of a difference Creative's sound processing makes, but I do quite a bit of gaming (swapping frequently between 2.1 and headphones), so it seems like something I'd want to keep if it's possible (barring it being just totally irrelevant or something).