soundcard with coaxial output

psalliss · 29 Feb 2008 at 09:03

as above looking for a soundcard with a coaxial output, so that i can connect direct to my av reciever for full 5.1 surround sound. suggestions please.\

psalliss · 29 Feb 2008 at 16:28

cheers its just for movies looking for a good quality one. im basically looking to replace my dvd player all together and use my pc/

psalliss · 29 Feb 2008 at 17:44

can anyone link to a few cards that have a coaxial out, dont want the optical out as have no spare inputes on my reciever so has to coaxial and able to support hd audio/

psalliss · 29 Feb 2008 at 19:40

james.miller said:
any card with an spdif out, be it optical or coax, will do 5.1 for movies. for movies its just a case of tacking the soundtrack on the dvd and pushing it straight out the spdif socket for an amp to decide.

cheers mate. could you expand on the above. dont fully understand what you mean about tacking the soundtrack on the dvd and pushing it straight out the spdif socket.

which cards have a coaxial output from the card

thank you

psalliss · 3 Mar 2008 at 12:48

looking at one of these. has anyone had any experience and have been reading reviews trying to find if any support true hd. its going to be used on a vista 64bit and connected via coaxial to my onkyo sr705 reciver.

Asus Xonar D2X Ultra Fidelity 7.1 PCI-E

Auzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1

cheers

psalliss · 3 Mar 2008 at 18:56

went for the asus in the end, as it seems to have better support and comes with power dvd.

psalliss · 4 Mar 2008 at 09:32

cheers james. that makes sense now. wouldnt effect me then as all dvds will be ripped to the hard drive and will be played from there so spdif not required. why cant a coaxial cable support true hd?

oops just realised that ive ordered the pci one and not the pci-e one. will it really make any differene. too late to change it as it will be here soon.