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Performance Impact of multiple outputs

joeyjojo said:
james.miller, I wasn't talking about lag, but this certainly could be a problem. Likewise losing multichannel would be a problem. Would need testing with the OPs equipment I suppose.

Off topic: I'm very sceptical that you can hear the difference between identical material transported over 16/44.1 compared to 24/192. If you studied music tech you should know better.

If you've passed a double blind test then you literally have superhuman hearing (bat/dolphin level hearing). Anything less is worthless.
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I was referring to noticing the difference between 192kbps to cd quality.

So the narky comment about "if you studied music tech you should know better." was uncalled for.
 
joeyjojo said:
james.miller, I wasn't talking about lag, but this certainly could be a problem. Likewise losing multichannel would be a problem. Would need testing with the OPs equipment I suppose.
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well, the lag incured is variable so would need testing, yes. however multichannel isnt. It's as simple as this; spdif (optical or coaxial) does not support multichannel PCM which unfortunately is the most preferable format for multichannel gaming as it doesnt require any additional encoding so mimimal lag and minimal no quality loss and of course full bandwith 7.1 is available over hdmi if required. I stick to 96/24, personally, as my amp doesnt suppport most of its advanced audio features at 192kh and if it didnt i wouldnt notice the difference anyway.
 
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