I recently built a HTPC, and am planning to buy a HTIB system to use with it. The Onkyo HT-S3200 looks good, but I'm not sure how I would hook up to the HTPC. The HDMI inout on the Onkyo is video only. Based on the Onkyo specs, it looks like I would need to input my audio via optical or coax. Problem is, the sound card I have does not have either of these as output - just line out, SPDIF out (which does not support 5.1 channel, right?) and the normal surround sound outputs I could just hook speakers up to these, but I want the better power and sound that the HTIB would give.
Any suggestions? Seems like I have a couple of options:
1) Replace the current sound card with one that has optical and/or coax output.
2) Get a different HTIB, one that accepts audio via the HDMI cable. Onkyo makes a higher end HTIB, the HT-S6200, that does this, but more money and speakers are bigger than I want. If I did choose this option, would the audio work when I played music (eg., through Pandora) on the HTPC, or only for audio tracks from movies?
Also, what about Netflix streaming, when I do this, does it come as 5.1 channel, or just stereo?
My system config is as follows:
MB: ASUS P5Q Pro Turbo
RAM: 4 GB
Video: GIGABYTE GV-R467ZL-1GI Radeon HD 4670 1GB
Audio: ASUS Xonar DX 7.1 Channels PCI Express x1
o/s: Windows 7 Home 64 bit
DVD/BD: LG Black 8X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 40X CD-ROM SATA Internal Combo
TV: Sony Bravia KDL-52W4100
Any suggestions? Seems like I have a couple of options:
1) Replace the current sound card with one that has optical and/or coax output.
2) Get a different HTIB, one that accepts audio via the HDMI cable. Onkyo makes a higher end HTIB, the HT-S6200, that does this, but more money and speakers are bigger than I want. If I did choose this option, would the audio work when I played music (eg., through Pandora) on the HTPC, or only for audio tracks from movies?
Also, what about Netflix streaming, when I do this, does it come as 5.1 channel, or just stereo?
My system config is as follows:
MB: ASUS P5Q Pro Turbo
RAM: 4 GB
Video: GIGABYTE GV-R467ZL-1GI Radeon HD 4670 1GB
Audio: ASUS Xonar DX 7.1 Channels PCI Express x1
o/s: Windows 7 Home 64 bit
DVD/BD: LG Black 8X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 40X CD-ROM SATA Internal Combo
TV: Sony Bravia KDL-52W4100