Re: MCE 2005 Sound Card Suggestions Wanted

["darren_karp2001" <darren.karp@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Marchino Sisi"
<lists.marchino@...>
wrote:
>
> Guys
>
> I know I'm a bit late with my response, but are you aware that the
output to
> the SPDIF is not bit perfect? I'm sure I read on the greenbutton
that sound
> from a DVB-T card is converted from digital to analogue back to
digital for
> output to the SPDIF.
>
> I had my MCE SPDIF out connected to a Linn Unidisk and must admit
that I
> noticed quite a bit of distortion, so reverted back to an analogue
> connection until I get a chance to look at the following:
>
>  <http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?
t=567562&page=1&pp=30>
> http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=567562&page=1&pp=30
>
> Again this may be irrelevant, as it really depends on whether you
want the
> highest possible quality sound out from your PC.
>
> Marchino
>
>
Thanks Marchino for the reply. I'm really not sure how audio gets
handled. The audio from my Sky box (analogue)gets connected to my
PVR 150 card via the stereo input. How it then gets converted to
digital, etc. is beyond me.

Darren