Need a new sound card

[Ruger22C]

Apparently my xtremegamer doesn't work, or no one knows how to make it work.

I need a sound card that will give me 5.1 using Windows 7 and a Yamaha 367.
It must have an equalizer.

I won't do Xonar because of the ear raping they're known for.

Any suggestions? I really don't want to spend $150 on HT Omega.

 

[Patranus]

Save your money and just get a cheap motherboard with integrated 5.1.

 

[Ruger22C]

My motherboard has integrated optical audio, but without DTS I can't do more than 2.0. That's the same with everything.
And it has no equalizer, which I REALLY want.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Your GPU's HDMI passthrough should do the trick.

 

[Ruger22C]

Can't.
I lose my third monitor and thus eyefinity.

 

[Diogenes2]

Have you actually tried a Xonar ?

There are some good deals around, and places like Amazon have a liberal return policy ..

 

[Ruger22C]

No.

It only takes once to damage my hearing and maybe blow my sound system.

 

[Fox5]

What kind of inputs are you using? Creative had their X-FI HD out now for (for HDMI) and Auzentech has the HD Hometheater product.
If you can use analog or SPDIF, most of the x-fi line should do what you want.

 

[Ruger22C]

Fox5, does X-Fi HD do 7.1 and DTS or DDL?

 

[Ruger22C]

The X-Fi HD is a *gasp!!* USB device.. and I don't see an HDMI anywhere.

This X-Fi has HDMI, but is mega $$.
http://store.auzentech.com/auzen-x-fi-hometheater-hd-p84.aspx?utm_medium=cse&utm_source=googlebase