the little ben doom is back wb little ben ben! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Doom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 12:30 PM Subject: RE: SoundBlaster/speaker question
> If you've already got the cables, try them both and see which sounds better. > > Failing that, I'd look at where cables are going to get routed. The digital > is going to get less interference if you have to run it by anything which is > going to ... uh ... create interference. Wow was that eloquent. Anyway, if > you have to run cables by a fan or a flourescent light or something, I'd go > with the digital cable. Else, I'd trust the Audigy's decoder more. > > Of course, I have no experience with either piece of equipment, so the above > is all theoretical. :-) > > > -- Ben Doom > Programmer & General Lackey > Moonbow Software, Inc > > : -----Original Message----- > : From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > : Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 12:21 PM > : To: CF-Community > : Subject: SoundBlaster/speaker question > : > : > : Hi Bill (or anyone else who knows a lot about SoundBlaster), > : > : My new super-Dell came with a SoundBlaster Audigy2 card, and I > : got the awesome > : Logitech Z-680 THX 5.1 speakers. > : > : The Audigy2 is supposed to have really good DD and DTS decoding. > : The Logitech 500-watt amp also has hardware decoding. > : > : I have 2 options for connecting the Audigy2 and speakers: > : > : (1) digital cable (SP/DIF) from sound card to speaker control unit, or > : (2) 3 analog cables (front, rear, center/sub). > : > : (1) lets speakers do the decoding, (2) lets the sound card. > : > : Any opinions on which would be better? > : > : Thanks. > : > : /Ben > : > : > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
