5.1 sound through digital output

[Accord99]

Originally posted by: xyyz
bloody f'in hell....

just got the mystique. i installed it, and i'm listening to Rachmaninov in a 5.1 setup.

maybe this is a bit of hyperbole, but this card with the DD makes the audigy 2 zs sound like a pc speaker... from back in the 8086 days!

this is AMAZING. it's litterally like you're in a concert hall.

Maybe you just like the upsampling algorithm. DD encoding degrades music quality. The DTT2500 speakers aren't exactly concert hall quality and speakers are by far, the most important contributor to audio quality.

 

[SonicIce]

whats the point of digital output if your soundcard has better DACs than your speakers?

 

[xyyz]

eventually, i'll up these speakers... but for the time being, i dont care what anyone says. the sound is much superior with this card than the audigy 2zs. ultimately pleasing my ears is what matters...

 

[Mavrick007]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: Mavrick007
You have some nice kit there

I have to make a shelf for my rear center or something to hold it up at the correct height since when I moved a shelf, it doesn't have a place to put it any longer.

I have studio center for my front center, and I can't recall the center I'm using for the rear, but it's not as high end since there is not much going through the rear center channel anyway. My front effects are Paradigm Titans and they give off pretty good sound for the effects, but there is only about 25watts going through them.

I'll try to take some good pics on the weekend to post. Do you have a suggestion for the rear center to suspend it or keep it at a certain height? I was told to just make a shelf using brackets and a board, but I'd like to make it look fairly presentable.

Hmmm... I don't have much experience mounting speakers anywhere.
I've only used speaker stands in the past... would it be possible to just get a stand for it that will keep it at close to ear level?
Is it front ported or pack ported? If it's back ported, you wont want to have it up against a wall.

That's a good question about ports. I believe it is only front firing for my rear center. I used to have it on a shelf with a bookcase headboard above my bed right up against the wall and it sounded fine, but I have a different bed and it doesn't have room for that. I have heard of some people just setting a shelf on the wall and putting the speaker up on that, but I don't know if this is a good idea or not

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

I'm not sure if this is just for rear ported speakers, but I think if you can get them several inches away from any walls they will sound a little better.

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
I'm not sure if this is just for rear ported speakers, but I think if you can get them several inches away from any walls they will sound a little better.

Ports should be a minimum of 3 inches away from any obstruction

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: rleemhui

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
I'm not sure if this is just for rear ported speakers, but I think if you can get them several inches away from any walls they will sound a little better.

Ports should be a minimum of 3 inches away from any obstruction

If speakers are front ported, would it matter at all how close they are to a wall? (in back I mean)

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: rleemhui

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
I'm not sure if this is just for rear ported speakers, but I think if you can get them several inches away from any walls they will sound a little better.

Ports should be a minimum of 3 inches away from any obstruction

If speakers are front ported, would it matter at all how close they are to a wall? (in back I mean)

That does still make a difference. It changes the transient characteristics of the speaker over the freq. domain. Basically as frequency goes lower, wavelength gets longer. Once it gets longer than the width of the front face of the speaker, it begins to "wrap" around the speaker. This causes there to be a drop in output of about 6 dB from 1K to 100Hz. In high end speakers this might be accounted for, but room placement will change this characteristic.

Physics is interesting isn't it?

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: rleemhui

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: rleemhui

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
I'm not sure if this is just for rear ported speakers, but I think if you can get them several inches away from any walls they will sound a little better.

Ports should be a minimum of 3 inches away from any obstruction

If speakers are front ported, would it matter at all how close they are to a wall? (in back I mean)

That does still make a difference. It changes the transient characteristics of the speaker over the freq. domain. Basically as frequency goes lower, wavelength gets longer. Once it gets longer than the width of the front face of the speaker, it begins to "wrap" around the speaker. This causes there to be a drop in output of about 6 dB from 1K to 100Hz. In high end speakers this might be accounted for, but room placement will change this characteristic.

Physics is interesting isn't it?

 

[biostud]

Originally posted by: xyyz
eventually, i'll up these speakers... but for the time being, i dont care what anyone says. the sound is much superior with this card than the audigy 2zs. ultimately pleasing my ears is what matters...

good to hear it turned out like it did.