[mythtv-users] Importance of the motherboard sound chip?

[Raymond Wagner]

On 3/17/2013 17:13, Peter Carlsson wrote:
> Does it really matter what audio chip is on the motherboard
> if I pass through the digital audio stream via HDMI and let
> the receiver do the decoding?

In regards to the typical issues concerning DACs and electronic 
isolation, no.  An integrated chip can output just as good of digital 
sound as a high end discrete one.  The only thing you need to be 
concerned about is what kind of audio bitstreaming it can handle.