Soundcard Question

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I'm in need of a sound card that has 7.1 surround, coax in/out, optical in/out (not needed but preferred), support for DVD audio, and one that won't lose signal while travelling from coax out to a home theatre receiver. Any suggestions?
 
gixxer2nv said:
I'm in need of a sound card that has 7.1 surround, coax in/out, optical in/out (not needed but preferred), support for DVD audio, and one that won't lose signal while travelling from coax out to a home theatre receiver. Any suggestions?
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Doesn't exist.

Only the SB Audigy2 supports DVD-A but its 7.1 outputs are analog. It doesn't encode 7.1 and send it through SPDIF.

The only soundcard capable of encoding 5.1 DD ans sending it to an external decoder/receiver via TOSLINK is the Soundstorm onboard sound found on nForce2 motherboards.
 
gixxer2nv said:
So I can't send a digital 7.1 signal through coax?
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TOSLINK and coax (orange plug) are both digital connections that send the compressed 5.1 or 7.1 signal to a Dolby Digital receiver.

The Audigy 2 outputs 6 or 8 analog signals to an external receiver which would have to have inputs for each channel rather than the single TOSLINK or coax digital input.
 
gixxer2nv said:
http://www.soundblaster.com/products/Audigy2ZS_platinum_pro/specs.asp

At the bottom of the page it states the I/O ports of the card. It says that it has coax in/out so it would work right?
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Its true SPDIF, not the compressed AC3 format used for Dolby Digital. Its only a digital stereo output in this case. Do yourself a favor and go to www.avsforum.com. Go to the Home Theatre PC forum and read up on what current soundcards can and cannot do.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=308317
 
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