Best sound card for my system?
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Sound cards have not offered coaxial digital out for many many years. Last one I saw was the Audigy 2ZS platinum which came out over 10 years ago, and only offered that port on its external audigy drive box.
The Z906 has 2 optical inputs, why would you not use those?
There are tons of cards with Optical out, your motherboard may offer it as well.
If you want to get a good one, the Sound Blaster Z will do Dolby Digital and DTS
http
/us.creative.com/p/sound-blaster/sound-blaster-z
The Z906 has 2 optical inputs, why would you not use those?
There are tons of cards with Optical out, your motherboard may offer it as well.
If you want to get a good one, the Sound Blaster Z will do Dolby Digital and DTS
http
/us.creative.com/p/sound-blaster/sound-blaster-z
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Hello... the connector Spec is a RG59U 75ohm... is that's what on your receiver input now?
Do you have any other digital inputs on it?
Do you have any other digital inputs on it?
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Hello... This is a Typical Higher priced/Older Models Of Audio/video gear connection... I use it. Typically you find a TOS/Link on the PC sound cards and MB's... one of those 'everybody in the industry', goes different directions.
What's your budget on this project?
What's your budget on this project?
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He is using a Logitech Z906 speaker set, it has 2 optical inputs in addition to the digital coaxial. I don't know why he wants to use the coax instead of the optical, but no sound card offers digital coaxial and they have not for years.
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Hello... ya... my "Project" suggestion would be use EBAY for a OLder PCI USED card from the Audio/Video industry... But then you need a Pci slot MB... and so on and so on... It was popular with the ADAT and shared clocked devices for a lot of outboard gear linked together back in the 'Old'... his best chances is looking in the Audio/Video shops for this kind of item... BUT$$$
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You would need to find yourself an old sound card, and unfortunately Creative's support for older cards is pretty lame. And you would likely need a PCI slot for it. But if you're running Windows 10 forget it.
I couldn't find anything nearly current with a coaxial digital port. I would suggest that you need to free up one of your toslink ports, you can use a switch if needed.
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No however there is a problem with old sound cards and Windows 10. The only ones I know of that had coaxial digital (older Sound Blaster Audigy cards) use PCI slots (which you may not have) and also even if you do they do not even have Windows 7 drivers, let alone 10. I tried to run mine on Windows 7 and it gave me nothing but problems, until I replaced it with an Titanium HD X-fi (which does not have coaxial digital).
My point is, you need to use optical to connect it. Using an old card with Windows 10, and most likely Windows 7 is not going to happen.
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Get something like this:
http/smile.amazon.com/ViewHD-TOSLINK-Digital-Switcher-VHD-TS3X1/dp/B00G188Z7A/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1460001290&sr=8-2&keywords=optical+switch
you can plug 2 optical into the box then use this to switch between the two. You have a good sound card already according to your signature, that one should also support DD and DTS.
http
/smile.amazon.com/ViewHD-TOSLINK-Digital-Switcher-VHD-TS3X1/dp/B00G188Z7A/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1460001290&sr=8-2&keywords=optical+switchyou can plug 2 optical into the box then use this to switch between the two. You have a good sound card already according to your signature, that one should also support DD and DTS.
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