The A7N8X-E Deluxe whatever from newegg.com doesn't say it comes with the nForce SoundStorm, why?

[Nocturnal]

Is there any reason why this, most expensive motherboard, does not come with the nForce SoundStorm sound? It comes with the regular codec blah blah that come with most onboard sound motherboards.

 

[LostInSpace927]

I looked at all the motherboards Asus had on Newegg and NONE of them had the soundstorm. Only realtek and AD. They must not have struck up a deal nvidia on the integrated sound. Possibly to much money. Even the $200+ motherboards Asus had on there didn't have it. One had realtek and the other, yep you guessed it AD.

 

[mechBgon]

The A7N8X-E Deluxe is on nVidia's list as being Soundstorm-certified. Soundstorm means:

• the board has the MCP-T southbridge with the hardware audio processors
• the board comes with at least one digital S/PDIF-out
• the audio output meets or exceeds certain fidelity requirements dictated by nVidia

The board's audio processors produce a digital signal, so they still need a CODer/DECoder (CODEC) to convert it to analog format for the analog-out jacks, unless you want to listen to modem-style screechy noises from your analog speakers, at who-knows-what frequencies That help?