With my recent purchase of a 22" monitor, I'm looking into sound options for my room, I currently have a 5.1 receiver plugged in with a speaker in each corner of the room, but for now I just have stereo sound going into it with virtual surround enabled.
The receiver has an Optical in, and I want to use that as my sound source for when I'm watching movies, but my current sound card doesn;t have optical out.
Does the price of a sound card that you'll only be using for the optical out influence the sound quality?
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.as … 6829126005
The reviews say the sound is good but not great, but that's after it's gone through the D/A converter, do sound quality reviews really apply when you're JUST using the TOSLINK?
Recommendations for other cheap cards with better quality?
The receiver has an Optical in, and I want to use that as my sound source for when I'm watching movies, but my current sound card doesn;t have optical out.
Does the price of a sound card that you'll only be using for the optical out influence the sound quality?
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.as … 6829126005
The reviews say the sound is good but not great, but that's after it's gone through the D/A converter, do sound quality reviews really apply when you're JUST using the TOSLINK?
Recommendations for other cheap cards with better quality?