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Simple sound advice query plz..

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Rixx

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Hi there,

I've been out of the soundcard scene for some time! Any advice would be most appreciated.

I have an Onkyo A/V reciever and would like to take a 'digital optical out' connection from my pc to the reciever. I have files on the pc with DTS sound so would like my A/V reciever and matched speakers to benefit from this.

Question is - what sound card should I choose for this purpose?

I am currently running onboard audio (karajan module on nf4 sli-dr mobo). It has an analog SPDIF out but the reciever is about 5 metres away hence wanted to go digital. I do play some games but not that much.

Any advice is appreciated!

Cheers,
Ricky
 
SPDIF is not analog so your onboard audio does not have an "analog SPDIF out".

Do you mean just plain analog surround output? A few stereo connectors that are for rear/front/side/sub&center or whatever?

SPDIF/digital audio is sent over coaxial or optical/toslink cables.

But anyways, outputting digital audio seems to be a fairly simple task for sound cards since it is sending 1's and 0's over a cable to your receiver which amplifies the sound, whereas analog using stereo connectors is run through mini amps on the soundcard before being outputted... so basically, it doesn't take a $200 sound card to output great sounding digital audio to a receiver. So you should be able to get away with a cheap soundcard with digital output.
Here's a cheap card that works great for coaxial digital output.
That is, unless you are looking for all the crazy gaming features, eax and whatnot.
 
If you already have coax digital out, just use that. There's no difference between coax and optical - it's both digital. Just get a fairly inexpensive 5 meter RCA cable and you're set - the quality of the cable matters little as it's a digital signal.
 
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