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Best output with MC
kensn:
Your audio fidelity from a PC will vary. The on board Analog on a motherboard will usually be of a poor quality. The optical signal (Digital) you are using now is just passing the 1s and 0s to your reciever which is turning it into Analog and playing it. Both of these are only as good as the source file you are playing. If you use the Analog output of the built in sound device of your motherboard, the reciever just amplifies what it is getting. I would step back for a minute and really focus on where the problem lies. If other play back from a dvd player or other source sounds far superior than your PC sound, then you should start to look at where it is failing, but if the sound from others devices seems lackluster also, I would start looking at the equipment and how it is setup....
Ken
BryanC:
--- Quote from: maid on November 11, 2011, 09:36:39 pm ---As I am not getting any more replies on this one I did some research (as I had this system built for me) I think the soundcard is on the motherboard which is a GA EP35CX-DS3R
Does that help?
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Your video card does not support HD audio. If it were me personally, I would run analog cables from your motherboard's soundcard to your receiver and do the decoding in MC.
maid:
Doing that as we speak thanks
audunth:
Running standard DTS/DD through SPDIF is probably better than HD audio through an onboard soundcard's analog outputs, since the decoder in the amp will be a lot better. Of course the best is to try both and use whatever you think sounds better :)
Also, did you use a program to rip the Blu-rays that preserves the HD audio? If not HD audio isn't an issue...
jmone:
--- Quote from: audunth on November 12, 2011, 12:07:06 am ---Running standard DTS/DD through SPDIF is probably better than HD audio through an onboard soundcard's analog outputs, since the decoder in the amp will be a lot better. Of course the best is to try both and use whatever you think sounds better :)
Also, did you use a program to rip the Blu-rays that preserves the HD audio? If not HD audio isn't an issue...
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I think you mean DAC (not decoder) though I agree that the only way to tell is to try and see what sounds better.
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