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<blockquote data-quote="jimwin" data-source="post: 598176" data-attributes="member: 62878">Hi there,After a friend of mine commented how her new soundcard has made a huge difference to the audio quality she hears, I've been trying to work out if I would get any benefit out of a dedicated card over my onboard audio.My PC is a dedicated HTPC, and I use the optical SPDIF to output to a 5.1 surround sound amplifier.I've been looking about, and some places seem to think that as I've using SPDIF output, a dedicated card won't make any difference, as the PC isn't really doing anything to the digital audio.&nbsp; Am I correct with this?What about ASIO?&nbsp; If I change to the ASIO player in Mediaportal, will I get better sound?&nbsp; Do I need a quality sound card to use this?Apologies for the noob question.&nbsp; Until an hour ago, I assumed that my onboard audio was as good as it would get with my amp!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jimwin, post: 598176, member: 62878"] Hi there, After a friend of mine commented how her new soundcard has made a huge difference to the audio quality she hears, I've been trying to work out if I would get any benefit out of a dedicated card over my onboard audio. My PC is a dedicated HTPC, and I use the optical SPDIF to output to a 5.1 surround sound amplifier. I've been looking about, and some places seem to think that as I've using SPDIF output, a dedicated card won't make any difference, as the PC isn't really doing anything to the digital audio. Am I correct with this? What about ASIO? If I change to the ASIO player in Mediaportal, will I get better sound? Do I need a quality sound card to use this? Apologies for the noob question. Until an hour ago, I assumed that my onboard audio was as good as it would get with my amp! [/QUOTE]

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