[mythtv-users] "Do you really need a discrete audio card ?"

[Emmanuel]

Jean-Yves Avenard a écrit :
> Hi
>
> On 24 November 2010 14:21, Emmanuel <eallaud at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> But if you can output the sound in PCM to your amp then this could be a good
>> solution; can this be done for 5.1 and 7.1 with 24 bits/ 96kHz actually? I
>> am pretty sure SPDIF cant handle that, probably HDMI could do it.
>> Anyways it is also a matter of taste I guess ;-)
>>     
>
> With LPCM and hdmi, definitely.
> HDMI supports up to 8 discrete channels of uncompressed audio 24bits/192kHz
>   
Well in that case, both solutions are OK. I just prefer the fact that I 
can split the DAC conversion and the amp part by using a sound card; 
putting several external DACs being even better but not really practical 
especially for the sync problems that could arise as I dont know of any 
external DACs with 8 channels, at least at reasonnable price.
So for me (and I understand people thinking differently ;-) the discrete 
sound card bring alot of quality to the table a t reasonable price and 
flexibility; for example my amp for now is a class D amp I bought for 
around $200 which sounds much better than alot of much more expensive 
receiver.
Bye
Manu