Hi all,
This question may have been asked a million times but there was never a clear answer.
Which sound cards in the market today actually decode Dolby Digital 5.1 ?
Many Soundstorm fanboys say tons of good things about it, but apart from the 5.1 encoding, in what way is it so much better than any other card ?
From some posts, I gathered that the Audigy line of cards decode Dolby Digital with software or its driver, so is that a bad thing ?
Recently, Hercules released their Fortissimo 4 and that also boasts Dolby Digital decoding, so is it hardware decoding or software ?
Is there a difference between software decoding and hardware ?
And, there are some speakers out there that does Dolby Digital decoding and DTS decoding, like the Logitech z-5500, and that is specified as hardware, so is it better than the software decoding by Audigy ?
Reading all the posts and ads about sound cards has got me scratching my head so bad that i'm balding...
any experts on this subject ?
This question may have been asked a million times but there was never a clear answer.
Which sound cards in the market today actually decode Dolby Digital 5.1 ?
Many Soundstorm fanboys say tons of good things about it, but apart from the 5.1 encoding, in what way is it so much better than any other card ?
From some posts, I gathered that the Audigy line of cards decode Dolby Digital with software or its driver, so is that a bad thing ?
Recently, Hercules released their Fortissimo 4 and that also boasts Dolby Digital decoding, so is it hardware decoding or software ?
Is there a difference between software decoding and hardware ?
And, there are some speakers out there that does Dolby Digital decoding and DTS decoding, like the Logitech z-5500, and that is specified as hardware, so is it better than the software decoding by Audigy ?
Reading all the posts and ads about sound cards has got me scratching my head so bad that i'm balding...
any experts on this subject ?
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