[mythtv-users] "Do you really need a discrete audio card ?"

[Emmanuel]

Jean-Yves Avenard a écrit :
> Hi
>
> On 26 November 2010 08:57, Emmanuel <eallaud at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Hmm, not if you value DAC quality; on a good sound card you get a decent DAC
>> plus audio AOPs, it is in several good cards a much better DAC/preamp than
>> in not so cheap receivers.
>>     
>
> And where is a DAC involved with an HDMI/Digital output again?
>   
Oh OK I think we are talking of 2 different things: I was talking about 
the fact that you can "split" the audio chaintools using a good discrete 
sound card as a DAC/preamp, and several good cards are actually better 
than the preamp in several receivers. So here I al talking of getting 
analog sound out of the PC; in that case, integrated sound is definitely 
inferior.
Of course if you just want to send digital sound, no problemo, anything 
will do (at least for hdmi, it seems that some people think spdif can be 
jittery, but I cant really tell, I have never tried).
In my case I am experimenting with really tiny class D amps (based on 
Tripath chips) which are really efficient (like around 75-85%) and 
powerful enough (around 60W RMS with low distortion), but they come as 
bare amps: no DACs only analog inputs, hence the need to have a DAC/preamp.
Bye
Manu