haxyer 0 Report post Posted October 13, 2005 i mean the sound is going to be converted by an external DAC, so does soundcards have a difference when coming out from the digital outputs ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kube 0 Report post Posted October 16, 2005 Generally people don't use the digital outputs. That's more for recording midi and stuff like that. I stick to analog. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
evil-zen 0 Report post Posted October 16, 2005 I have a DAC and most of the time it is being fed by digital out from a Revolution 7.1 soundcard. As with other audio equipments, digital outputs/transports differ from one another. Jitter is the main cause here which are variations in timing of the signal due to either poor clocks or poor grounding (something like that). Whether you can tell differences in jitter with different transports is another matter as DACs are more of a factor here. Some recent threads in headfi on this topic http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=137135 http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=140130 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
