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<blockquote data-quote="Andrew H" data-source="post: 755689" data-attributes="member: 56239">I use StreamedMP and SPDIFer for DD/DTS audio passthrough and experience as you've described.&nbsp; It's something in the PCs audio switching between passthrough and PCM audio... in fact, if I disable passthrough and force PCM audio (in the PC) I get CONSISTANT menu-click audio because (whether it's in the PC or AVR) the audio is fully PCM and I hear every click!&nbsp; Of course, my audio is now 2-ch stereo being matrixed into Dolby Pro-Logic by my AVR - no longer the 5.1 DD or DTS I desire.&nbsp; Given the tradeoff I recognize if I miss a few menu-click audio streams I'm good having DTS/DD program audio!Oh, and my Onkyo 803 is set to strip the audio from HDMI, and Auto decoding (whether PCM or DD).&nbsp; The HDMI audio is set to 2-channel and passthrough.&nbsp; YES, my mobo had Dolby-LIVE which can create a 5.1 audio stream from 2-channel &quot;system&quot; audio but that causes my Onkyo to do a bunch of internal clicking of relays as it switches between decode modes... not what I want to sit next to - it's 4' away from my easy-chair in the equipment rack.Does this help?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Andrew H, post: 755689, member: 56239"] I use StreamedMP and SPDIFer for DD/DTS audio passthrough and experience as you've described. It's something in the PCs audio switching between passthrough and PCM audio... in fact, if I disable passthrough and force PCM audio (in the PC) I get CONSISTANT menu-click audio because (whether it's in the PC or AVR) the audio is fully PCM and I hear every click! Of course, my audio is now 2-ch stereo being matrixed into Dolby Pro-Logic by my AVR - no longer the 5.1 DD or DTS I desire. Given the tradeoff I recognize if I miss a few menu-click audio streams I'm good having DTS/DD program audio! Oh, and my Onkyo 803 is set to strip the audio from HDMI, and Auto decoding (whether PCM or DD). The HDMI audio is set to 2-channel and passthrough. YES, my mobo had Dolby-LIVE which can create a 5.1 audio stream from 2-channel "system" audio but that causes my Onkyo to do a bunch of internal clicking of relays as it switches between decode modes... not what I want to sit next to - it's 4' away from my easy-chair in the equipment rack. Does this help? [/QUOTE]

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