Im in the process of building a new hi-fi system to connect my HTPC to. I know that PCs inherently produce "system noise" from all the electromagnetic interferance that runs rampant inside a computer case, and that this interferance will distort the sound comming out of any computer... my question is: if i were to buy a professional grade sound card with digital optical output, and connected it to a preamp with digital optical imput, would that eliminate system noise from my computers audio output??
the way i figure it, if your using digital audio extraction from your cd-drive, then your soundcard outputs that digital signal out over an optical wire, then the digital audio data would be 100% intact with no interferance...
is this a sound theory, or will system noise distort my sound nomatter what??
this is the soundcard im looking at:
http://www.m-audio.com/index.php?do=...1d7de8f4cc2c3e
the way i figure it, if your using digital audio extraction from your cd-drive, then your soundcard outputs that digital signal out over an optical wire, then the digital audio data would be 100% intact with no interferance...
is this a sound theory, or will system noise distort my sound nomatter what??
this is the soundcard im looking at:
http://www.m-audio.com/index.php?do=...1d7de8f4cc2c3e