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5.1 sound card for home theater PC

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I have a PC that I sometimes use to play DVD's that are output to my TV. I want to get a 5.1 sound card that would be able to connect to my home theater reciever and output in Dolby Digital 5.1 or DTS.
 
Just about any current-model sound card that has the same type of digital output connector (i.e., optical - aka Toslink or coax - aka S/PDIF) as your HT receiver will do the job.
 


<< yeah, but the SB Audigy takes the crown in the category. >>

That's your opinion 😉

The digital out from one card to the next is pretty standard stuff. I'm not aware of any current card that doesn't pass DD and DTS signals properly.
 
Has anyone tested the output of the S/PDIF? I have read that on the older model SB cards the power output is WAY out of spec and can hurt a reciever. I'm not sure if the audigy has the same problem but the Live does.
 


<< I have read that on the older model SB cards the power output is WAY out of spec >>

That's why I said "current-model cards". As far as I know NO other card has exhibited this problem.
 
Philips AE is generally considered best for DVD/HT output. Audigy, TB SC, or Hercules GTXP will work fine though.
 
Hercules Game Theater XP cannot produce 5.1 sound, according to many findings on the Web.. Or only can, with specific software like WinDVD...
 
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