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[music07]

 When creating different zones, requires it's own sound card.
Ex: zone 1 - sound card 1, zone 2 - sound card 2 and so on.

A couple questions:

If I buy 5 of the same sound cards, Media Center cannot recognize
the difference between each, correct?

What are some sound cards out there that would support multiple zoning
and did your experience with it work with Media Center?

[globetrotters1]

I use a Creative Audigy 2ZS card and feed three zones with this one card (you have to use the KX driver set and customize it correctly to do that) and that works like a charm

But the KX drivers only work with certain cards, so be aware of that

I never tried more than one sound card in one computer, but that shouldn't be a problem either - see the KX driver explanations

Hope that helps
Martin

[Mastiff]

I have had up to six cards (8 with USB cards) in one computer, so that's not a problem. Now the kX Drivers work very well with most Live! 5.1 and Audigy, but be aware that you have no discrete control over the line in/aux in. Which is why I prefer to get different cards built on different chips. One Sound Blaster Live, one Audigy, one Audigy 2, one Envy24, one C-Media and one AC97, and you'll be quite set. If you need more, you can get different, cheap USB sound cards on eBay.

[Armaegis]

I've never tried buying multiples of the same sound card, but I routinely use MC to send out to multiple channels. I used to use an Echo Indigo DJ which had two outputs, so I simply assigned one zone to each. I currently use an M-Audio Firewire Solo (which also has two outputs), and just for fun I've also plugged in a Turtle Beach Audio Advantage Micro and used the onboard soundcard at the same time (4 zones going in total).

I run two zones quite regularly and have never had a problem. I've had a couple crashes when trying to run video in one zone and audio in the other though.