Daniel0303 wrote:
I don't have those board but i got a Crosshair vi hero and Maximus ix Extreme, the on board sound sounds like crap if you compare sound card, even a lower end usb sound card like xonar u3 would outperform those on board sounds.
I would suggest to get a dedicated sound card for your setup if you looking on those board just for the sounds
Thanks for the reply. I have a SounBlaster Z audio card that has great sound and use it to upmix all stereo sources to DTS or DD. I asked about audio features in these new boards since I'm willing to give the new audio chips a try.
One problem I have with my SoundBlaster is that I can't get any sound from other sources if one is doing 5.1 encoding. Example: J. River Media Center has the option to use their internal encoding engine and the sound is awesome. However, if I'm listening to music I won't hear any other app or websites unless I manually stop the music playback.
Can you tell me if you have any options on your audio manager software to convert stereo to 5.1 via optical output (SPDI/F)?