Hi guys ive just ordered £800s worth of pc parts for my new build but im having a real hard time tracking down a sound card i need.
I THINK, what i need is an auzentech x-plosion 7.1 PCI sound card, to link my pc to my hi-fi reciever.
My questions are these...
1)If this card is supposed to encode dolby in real time, then my games (even those not supporting dolby digital live) should still be converted to a dolby digital signal for my amp, right?
2)does my amp need to support dolby digital live, or will it just accept the signal from the auzen as 5.1 dolby digital?? My amp is good, but old.
If this is the right card I need then the only place i can find them that sells them is a company called JRM distribution. Never heard of them, they have NO reviews on google, their site links dont work AND despite saying they accept credit cards and visa, ONLY take Pay Pal.
3)shall i take a risk and pay them the £66 (best price i seen over this year)??
4)If i order from auzentech directly with international shipping for £83 will I also have to pay the sales or customs tax??
5)any ideas where else i can find a real time encoding dolby card?
CHEERS PEOPLE!!!
P.S. Still to this day I find it absolutely unbelievable that it is so hard to buy a sound card to output plain old dolby digital to an amp from a PC. I cant be the only one who is fed up of playing games in 2.1 with an expensive hi fi, I wont resort to using cheapy pc speakers. So why arent there more of these cards? even these, have now been discontinued WTF?

I THINK, what i need is an auzentech x-plosion 7.1 PCI sound card, to link my pc to my hi-fi reciever.
My questions are these...
1)If this card is supposed to encode dolby in real time, then my games (even those not supporting dolby digital live) should still be converted to a dolby digital signal for my amp, right?
2)does my amp need to support dolby digital live, or will it just accept the signal from the auzen as 5.1 dolby digital?? My amp is good, but old.

If this is the right card I need then the only place i can find them that sells them is a company called JRM distribution. Never heard of them, they have NO reviews on google, their site links dont work AND despite saying they accept credit cards and visa, ONLY take Pay Pal.
3)shall i take a risk and pay them the £66 (best price i seen over this year)??
4)If i order from auzentech directly with international shipping for £83 will I also have to pay the sales or customs tax??
5)any ideas where else i can find a real time encoding dolby card?
CHEERS PEOPLE!!!

P.S. Still to this day I find it absolutely unbelievable that it is so hard to buy a sound card to output plain old dolby digital to an amp from a PC. I cant be the only one who is fed up of playing games in 2.1 with an expensive hi fi, I wont resort to using cheapy pc speakers. So why arent there more of these cards? even these, have now been discontinued WTF?
