Im guessing this needs some kinda receiver

freakdiablo · 07-18-07, 01:59 PM

Im getting this mITX board and was thinking of just using onboard sound. But I noticed that in the specs, it said 5.1/7.1 HD audio, but only has the one line out. Could this be SPDIF/coax? (dunno about coaxial, but my z5400s have a coax input so I suspect that some things still use it). It doesnt say on that site, but Im guessing Im going to need a receiver. I hope its coax, so I could use it with my z5400s, but if it isnt Ill just end up using my old x210s and headphones. Just one of those things Im curious about.

Roofles · 07-18-07, 02:24 PM

Yeah that is pretty confusing. The spec says 5.1/7.1 sound but if you look at the back panel i/o you have just line-out, line-in, and mic-in. There doesn't appear to be any digital outs either.

freakdiablo · 07-18-07, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Roofles

Yeah that is pretty confusing. The spec says 5.1/7.1 sound but if you look at the back panel i/o you have just line-out, line-in, and mic-in. There doesn't appear to be any digital outs either.

Is there any kind of adapter? And I think they mean its 2.1 but then has a 5.1/7.1 DVD pass through type thing.

Mr. Roboto · 07-18-07, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by freakdiablo

Is there any kind of adapter? And I think they mean its 2.1 but then has a 5.1/7.1 DVD pass through type thing.

I don't think so, they're typically not green.

smokie mcpott · 07-18-07, 05:56 PM

the software will convert the 3 jacks to center/sub, front r+l, and rear r+L..hence the 5.1
not sure how they get 7.1 out of it, unless you use the audio header on the mobo itself to output other channels

freakdiablo · 07-19-07, 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by smokie mcpott

not sure how they get 7.1 out of it, unless you use the audio header on the mobo itself to output other channels

Its probably like an xfi, where it adds one of the side speakers to the front L/R port and the other to the rear L/R port (I think, I know it adds the two side speakers to the other channels.) The only problem with that is that THAT I KNOW OF there are only a few creative speakers that can decode the two side speakers. Thats what Im guessing if it converts all three jacks to the audio out.

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freakdiablo Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Here	Im guessing this needs some kinda receiver Im getting this mITX board and was thinking of just using onboard sound. But I noticed that in the specs, it said 5.1/7.1 HD audio, but only has the one line out. Could this be SPDIF/coax? (dunno about coaxial, but my z5400s have a coax input so I suspect that some things still use it). It doesnt say on that site, but Im guessing Im going to need a receiver. I hope its coax, so I could use it with my z5400s, but if it isnt Ill just end up using my old x210s and headphones. Just one of those things Im curious about. __________________ Main: MOBO: MSI P67A-G45, CPU: i7 2600k w/ VenX (4.4ghz @ 1.33v), RAM: 2x8gb Kingston HyperX Blu Red Series DDR3 1600, GFX: Galaxy GTX670 GC, PSU: OCZ 1250w ZX, CASE: Corsair 500R, HDD: 120gb Samsung 840, Samsung 2TB EcoGreen F4 Quick, Cheap, and Dirty NAS: Sempron 140, Hyper 212+ with 800RPM Scythe Slipstreams, 4gb ram, 5x2tb Hitachis in RAID5, Seasonic SSR-360GP, Antec 300, Biostar Tpower motherboard, APC BR700G UPS, Buffalo WZR-HP-AG300H router Laptop: Lenovo Thinkpad X220 HTPC: Zotac ZBOX AD04-U w/ 4GB Samsung 1333mhz, 64GB Adata Premier Pro SP900 Sandbox: Q9550, DFI Lanparty Jr. P45-T2RS, 3GB mismatched ram, 1TB Samsung F1, Antec Neo Eco 400w, cheapo case Lanbox: APEX TX-381-C case, MSI 760GM-P34 w/ cheap MOSFET heatsinks, AMD PII 965 BE, 8gb Corsair XMS3 1333MHz, 120GB OCZ Vertex 3, CM 212 Evo, MSI 5850 OC Project 1UP Bored of games? Nothing good on internet radio or youtube? Dont waste your GHz, find them before they find us. SETI
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Roofles Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Brew City	Yeah that is pretty confusing. The spec says 5.1/7.1 sound but if you look at the back panel i/o you have just line-out, line-in, and mic-in. There doesn't appear to be any digital outs either. __________________ Q6600 - 3.42 (380x9) 1.48V : IP35 Pro : 2x2GB OCZ Reaper HPC New GTX275 OC to come : HP w2207 X-Fi Platinum (Op Amp modded) : Audio Technica A500's Tuniq Tower 120 : Antec P182 Running: Windows 7 RC and Fedora 10 (PREEMPT_RT) "If science is the dispassionate pursuit of objective truth, then it stands to reason that mad science is the completely irrational pursuit of a nutty project that the rest of the world will never completely understand." -Popular Mechanics
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smokie mcpott Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: OKC	the software will convert the 3 jacks to center/sub, front r+l, and rear r+L..hence the 5.1 not sure how they get 7.1 out of it, unless you use the audio header on the mobo itself to output other channels __________________ My HeaT
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