home
products
contribute
download
documentation
forum
Home
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
All posts
Latest activity
Members
Registered members
Current visitors
Donate
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Search titles only
By:
Menu
Log in
Register
Navigation
Install the app
Install
More options
Contact us
Close Menu
Forums
HTPC Projects
Hardware
Soundcards and Soundsystems
Should I get a sound card?
Contact us
RSS
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Marcusb" data-source="post: 215008" data-attributes="member: 11550"><p>but the obvious questions is whether you can hear the difference now.</p><p>You haven't actually said if you have tried it, just that you will be going to try it.</p><p></p><p>Why not use the on board sound and see if you are happy with it. If not, then go ahead and buy an external. At least you haven't spent money unnecessarily if the sound is fine for you.</p><p></p><p>@Bugs, thanks for clearing that up. I take your point there completely. I was really just trying to explain that the DAC component is not used with the digital output. The Digital may be resampled, but it's not converted to Analog then back to digital again, it is just resampled as digital.</p><p>Then again, I have pretty cheap ears. My onboard AC97 sounds fine to my ears <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marcusb, post: 215008, member: 11550"] but the obvious questions is whether you can hear the difference now. You haven't actually said if you have tried it, just that you will be going to try it. Why not use the on board sound and see if you are happy with it. If not, then go ahead and buy an external. At least you haven't spent money unnecessarily if the sound is fine for you. @Bugs, thanks for clearing that up. I take your point there completely. I was really just trying to explain that the DAC component is not used with the digital output. The Digital may be resampled, but it's not converted to Analog then back to digital again, it is just resampled as digital. Then again, I have pretty cheap ears. My onboard AC97 sounds fine to my ears :) [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
HTPC Projects
Hardware
Soundcards and Soundsystems
Should I get a sound card?
Contact us
RSS
Top
Bottom