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Originally posted by barhoram
Thx. You've answered some of my posts before concerning questions on the analong outs of the Revo with Zoomplayer. Looks like you will be going the SPDIF route for DVD's now. Just curious--how do you think DD-EX will perform as opposed to Vitrual 7.1 from the Revo? |
This is a $278 experiment to see if things are better. But yes I am looking foward to going to the SPDIF route.
I started with a HTPC and a Audigy. My Onkyo DS595 receiver had better sounding DAC's so I used SPDIF out from the audigy. I then got a MAudio Revolution. The Revo DAC's (IMHO) where better than my Onkyo. So I went with analog out of the Revo. I even got a 2 channel parasound HCA1000A amp to drive the front two speakers. Using the Revo/HTPC as a preamp to power my "power amps".
I now feel that the XR45, when fed a digital input, will likely sound better than my current "Revo/HTPC/analog out as a preamp to power amplifier" setup. So it is back to SPDIF digital out at least as a experiment.
Seems like the audio technlogy keep leapfrogging back and forth as to where the best DAC or DD/DTS function function should be performed.
we will see.......after monday when the hardware arrives.