No, Audigy 2 does *not* have coax and optical digital ports. It has one "digital" miniplug with coax and digital in/out ports.
To connect digitally, you have to get their accessory SP/DIF in/out patch cable (which I got for a prior SB Live). Or, the "Platinum" drive bay patch panel, which they don't sell separately for the plain Audigy2 (yet). <sigh> -Ben > Yea its got the nice digital and optical ports for reasons!! > > It keeps analog for us holdovers who don't have it yet. > > Which audigy 2 do you have? Audigy 2 > 2 EX > or 2 EX platinum ? > > defiantly awesome card you can tell the difference between 16bit SB Live and > 24bit audigy2 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 2:18 PM > Subject: Re: SoundBlaster/speaker question > > > > thanks > > I figured it depended on how good the decoder stuff in the speaker amp > is - > > if the Audigy2 decoder and Logitech decoder are about equal, or the > Logitech is > > better, then it would be cleaner sending a digital signal from the Audigy2 > to > > the amp. Only if the Audigy2 decoder were way better would the analog be > > prefereable, I guess. And I doubt as much as the Logitech rig costs if the > > decoder would be cheap. > > OK, so I'll try a digital cable :-) > > > > -Ben > > > > > OHH OHH ok > > > > > > if you only have analog defiantly get the digital stuff its going to be > way > > > better. i mean i go analog now and it sounds awesome but digital is the > way > > > to go if there was any doubt in your mind chief > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 1:16 PM > > > Subject: RE: SoundBlaster/speaker question > > > > > > > > > > Dunno which one sounds better. > > > > Have only got the analog cables which came with the speakers. > > > > > > > > Before I went out and bought a digital SP/DIF cable, wanted to see if > > > anyone > > > > knew whether it would be an improvement. > > > > > > > > Have to guess which decoder is better, the sound card's or the speaker > > > amp's. > > > > Or do research on the web. > > > > > > > > Or, as a science experiment, get the other cable and see which is > better.. > > > > > > > > thanks. > > > > > > > > -Ben > > > > > > > > > 0_0 > > > > > Well.. > > > > > > > > > > Which one *sounds* better? > > > > > > > > > > -Gel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > 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
