Asus Z170-PREMIUM audio?!

[meimeiriver2]

I was looking at the MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA before, until today I saw the Z170-PREMIUM. The latter is even a bit more expensive, but I suspect if to have to have inferior audio:

Z170-PREMIUM = Realtek® ALC1150 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC featuring Crystal Sound 3

MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA = ROG SupremeFX 2015 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC

I kinda prefer a Z170-PREMIUM (I don't really need a strobe-machine, which no doubt comes at the expensive of overall quality in other departments).

So, does anyone here know what the deal is with both audio chipsets? Thanks.

(Hint: hope we'll see a Z170-PREMIUM here, ere long).

 

[meimeiriver2]

Did some more checking, and seems both mobos use the Realtek® ALC1150 (and SupremeFX is just a slightly different wrapper). Even the X99 Sabertooth sports the Realtek® ALC1150 chpset, so it's all good.