What is a really good Audio Card that doesn't take up a 5.25 Drive Bay?
I want to buy a really good audio card but I don't have any 5.25 Drive Bays to spare. What I need is something that will give me bit perfect DD, DTS, and PCM passthrough through optical or co-axial. It needs to have 7.1 channel analog audio output and those need to be as high quality as possible(at least 116 DB SNR). A nice to have would be something that can encode to either DD or DTS. What would be a good choice?
I saw this card on newegg.
ASUS Xonar D2 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Ultra Fidelity Sound Card with Complete Dolby/DTS Sound Technologies - Retail
It seems to have everything listed above(118 DB SNR, DTS connect, DD live, and optical output) for $189.99. Is there anything cheaper that meets these specs?
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16829132001
I didn't see where you connect the optical output on this card. Can anyone confirm where the optical output is?
I want to buy a really good audio card but I don't have any 5.25 Drive Bays to spare. What I need is something that will give me bit perfect DD, DTS, and PCM passthrough through optical or co-axial. It needs to have 7.1 channel analog audio output and those need to be as high quality as possible(at least 116 DB SNR). A nice to have would be something that can encode to either DD or DTS. What would be a good choice?
I saw this card on newegg.
ASUS Xonar D2 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Ultra Fidelity Sound Card with Complete Dolby/DTS Sound Technologies - Retail
It seems to have everything listed above(118 DB SNR, DTS connect, DD live, and optical output) for $189.99. Is there anything cheaper that meets these specs?
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16829132001
I didn't see where you connect the optical output on this card. Can anyone confirm where the optical output is?
