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overclucker
10-28-05, 04:31 PM
is it a worthy upgrade? im running a reciver and i will be using the optical port. also the speakers are medium to higher end. they are ONKYOS 5.1 as a home theater system
overclucker
10-28-05, 08:16 PM
what im asking is am i gonna hear a difference between onboard and the chaintech?
lowfat
10-28-05, 08:38 PM
yes, as long as the receiver supports 192KHz/24-bit PCM SPDIF.
overclucker
10-28-05, 10:16 PM
hmm ok, so i would hear a difference if it supports 192?
lowfat
10-29-05, 03:48 PM
yes
overclucker
10-29-05, 05:24 PM
ok
lowfat
10-29-05, 08:33 PM
Well the front channels definately. I only use a 2.1 system now, and absolutely love it.
Vipasnipa
10-30-05, 10:59 PM
If you're using digital out, then it doesn't really matter what card you're using, since the DAC on the card is not utilized at all. Bit-perfect digital out is bit-perfect no matter what.
overclucker
10-31-05, 05:35 PM
bit perfect?
cetoole
10-31-05, 06:28 PM
If you're using digital out, then it doesn't really matter what card you're using, since the DAC on the card is not utilized at all. Bit-perfect digital out is bit-perfect no matter what.
I doubt the onboard is bit perfect digital out, I would hazard a guess that kmangler (kmixer) resamples the onboard to 48khz, and ASIO and Kernal streaming dont work.
overclucker
11-01-05, 02:47 AM
so thats bad?
overclucker
11-01-05, 11:43 PM
hmm well i finally got the card, it plays fine out of the plain sockets but wont play though optical, oh yeah on the front of my reciver it says 24-bit reciver or something like that.
maxxoverclocker
11-02-05, 01:28 AM
sry to thread jack but if you were to say.. use the av-710's analog ports (for 5.1) would there be a quality increase from 5.1 realtek onboard on my ai-7? thx
cetoole
11-02-05, 02:10 PM
Overclucker: Make sure you have all of the settings right in the control panels, are you trying to play PCM audio, or dolby/dts?
Maxxoverclocker: Yeah, it should be better.
overclucker
11-06-05, 02:38 PM
Overclucker: Make sure you have all of the settings right in the control panels, are you trying to play PCM audio, or dolby/dts?
Maxxoverclocker: Yeah, it should be better.


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lowfat
11-09-05, 12:28 PM
hmm well i finally got the card, it plays fine out of the plain sockets but wont play though optical, oh yeah on the front of my reciver it says 24-bit reciver or something like that.


Sounds like the same problem I had. Try setting it to 2 channel 48KHz audio. My receiver supports 96KHz/24-bit DTS however not PCM.