so who mants the HDA x-plosion then? :D

ok well here's an idea. stay out of my thread. thank you. I'm not disputing how much you payed for your card or when you bought it, i am saying that i bought mine for ~£35 very soon after launch and after that, the price went up and up until none could be sourced. That's what happens when supplies dry up, isn't it?

back on topic.
 
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David G said:
So upgrading to Logitech Z 680s or a second hand Creative 5700 Digit Inspire, would not give me any significant improvement with regards to DTS quality.
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you need an av amp and speaker set to start thinking about DTS over DD. Im in the same position as Tom really - i'm not even sure if i'll see a real difference. Id love to play with the card, but not for the £90 asking price, especially since i already have an x-mystique.
 
Tzim said:
Someone stops me if I'm wrong, but I thinks there may be an advantage of DTS over DD : lower latency. AFAIK, DTS can encode audio by smaller pieces than DD, so DTS encoding could mean lower latency for realtime applications such as games.

If I remember correctly, good old soundstorm had 120ms delay, delay which was a little disturbing when you were playing (shots sound 120ms late... weird). DTS could reduce theses delays to far less nocticeable values. Unfortunately Elite ********' preview does'nt talk about encoding delays.
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that's a good point actually. The x-mystiques delay is far improved over the soundstorm, but there IS still a delay when running PCM and more so when running DDLive. I only really notice it when my amp and my headphones are both on (headphones plugged into the soundcard). The amp is just a fraction behind with PCM.
 
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