cheapish 5.1 dts sound card with digital coaxial
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First thing's first - do you want all sound in to be in DTS or just movies that support it? Any card that has a spdif passthrough function will send DTS from a DVD to a receiver. If you want all the computer's sound to be encoded into DTS, you need something that supports DTS connect. Here's one sold by Overclockers:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SC-003-HT&groupid=701&catid=11&subcat=
Alternatively look for the Club 3D Theatron Aggrippa DTS. It's the same Auzentech card but rebadged.
The card is based on a C-Media chipset, the CMI8770. If you only want to output via a digital connection and aren't concerned by analogue quality try looking for another card based on the same chipset. I did a quick google and came up with HT Omega Striker 7.1 and Sondigo Inferno 7.1 not sure if these support a coaxial connection.
Cards based on the C-MEDIA CMI8788 tend to be more expensive but will also output DTS.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SC-003-HT&groupid=701&catid=11&subcat=
Alternatively look for the Club 3D Theatron Aggrippa DTS. It's the same Auzentech card but rebadged.
The card is based on a C-Media chipset, the CMI8770. If you only want to output via a digital connection and aren't concerned by analogue quality try looking for another card based on the same chipset. I did a quick google and came up with HT Omega Striker 7.1 and Sondigo Inferno 7.1 not sure if these support a coaxial connection.
Cards based on the C-MEDIA CMI8788 tend to be more expensive but will also output DTS.
Really just looking for DTS for my DVD's and 5.1 from any other divx/xvid movies.
Thanks for the reply and details. Look like good cards all of them but really don't want to spend over £25 problem is I can't find much that have digital coaxial.
Thanks for the reply and details. Look like good cards all of them but really don't want to spend over £25 problem is I can't find much that have digital coaxial.
If you can put up with Dolby Digital for most things, and DTS for films that support it, I would recommend a second hand HDA (old name for Auzentech) X-Mystique. That card's based on the same chipset as my Club3d Theatron DD, the C-media CMI8768+. These cards encode everything to Dolby Digital Live on the fly and using PowerDVD or similar will pass through DTS encoded signals to a receiver. The X-Mystique has a digital coaxial out but has been discontinued. I saw one go for within your price range on a well known auction site last week.
Unfortunately the Club3d card only has optical digital out and they're just under £30 new. There are definitely a few cards based on the CMI8768+ chipset around (note the '+' the standard chipset doesn't do Dolby Digital Live). If you don't care at all about analogue quality look for one made by Asonic. It's optical not coaxial but they can be found for a little over a tenner. Add on an optical to coaxial digital converter for £10-15 and you're in business.
Edit: another card with DD and coaxial out - Trust 714DX 7.1 (AKA SC-7200).
Further Edit: and another - Trust 514DX (AKA SC-5250)
Unfortunately the Club3d card only has optical digital out and they're just under £30 new. There are definitely a few cards based on the CMI8768+ chipset around (note the '+' the standard chipset doesn't do Dolby Digital Live). If you don't care at all about analogue quality look for one made by Asonic. It's optical not coaxial but they can be found for a little over a tenner. Add on an optical to coaxial digital converter for £10-15 and you're in business.
Edit: another card with DD and coaxial out - Trust 714DX 7.1 (AKA SC-7200).
Further Edit: and another - Trust 514DX (AKA SC-5250)
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