"Daniel da Veiga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> You don't need the audio-cable to hear music from a cd - just the right >> application ;) > > Oh yeah, you really don`t need the cable, it just makes things easier, > because it will work with all applications, won`t send data using the > system bus neither process it using the CPU, the CD drive will do all > the work and send output directly to the soundcard, the volume manager > of the soundcard with the "CD audio" label will work and some other > benefits. > > But that`s just me. I want my hardware to do the stuff it should.
With a cable, you will (at least with some/most sound cards) have a digital-analog conversion in the drive, an analog-digital conversion in the sound card, and another digital-analog conversion on output from the sound card. With digital extraction you will just have the last digital-analog conversion. Guess what sounds best. A third option: most drives have a digital output connector, and most sound cards have a digital input connector. -- Hilsen Harald. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
