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Digital vs Analoge Sound cards, digital worth it ?

I just want to buy some Logitec Z-5300 speakers, but i take it they ar
e not digital the higer end speakers are but are twice as much.

Will i notice better sound with a Audigy 2 ZS the card i am going to
buy, make any difference in games FPS if its digital ?


Not that i know anything about Digital in sound cards, so thats why
the questions.

Thanks.

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We Live for the One we Die for the One wrote:
> Digital vs Analoge Sound cards, digital worth it ?
>
> I just want to buy some Logitec Z-5300 speakers, but i take it they ar
> e not digital the higer end speakers are but are twice as much.
>
> Will i notice better sound with a Audigy 2 ZS the card i am going to
> buy, make any difference in games FPS if its digital ?
>
>
> Not that i know anything about Digital in sound cards, so thats why
> the questions.
>
> Thanks.


I think you're confused... I didn't understand what you meant.

Part of sounds cards are digital, parts are analogue, but essentially it's a
digital device. Analogue is passed in by using an ADC (analogue to digital
convertor) and passed out by using a DAC (digital to analogue converter).
All of the processing is digital.

Speakers are essentially analogue.

You can have a digital connection to your speakers, which requires the
speakers to have a DAC in them. Usually the connection uses some form of
Dolby encoding.

You are unlikely to notice much difference between an analogue and a digital
connection to your speakers, but the convenience can be useful - especially
if you have 5+ channels.

Ben
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Ill juest ger a set of Logitec Z-5300s and be happy then


On Wed, 26 May 2004 20:40:30 +0100, "Ben Pope" <spam@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>We Live for the One we Die for the One wrote:
>> Digital vs Analoge Sound cards, digital worth it ?
>>
>> I just want to buy some Logitec Z-5300 speakers, but i take it they ar
>> e not digital the higer end speakers are but are twice as much.
>>
>> Will i notice better sound with a Audigy 2 ZS the card i am going to
>> buy, make any difference in games FPS if its digital ?
>>
>>
>> Not that i know anything about Digital in sound cards, so thats why
>> the questions.
>>
>> Thanks.
>
>
>I think you're confused... I didn't understand what you meant.
>
>Part of sounds cards are digital, parts are analogue, but essentially it's a
>digital device. Analogue is passed in by using an ADC (analogue to digital
>convertor) and passed out by using a DAC (digital to analogue converter).
>All of the processing is digital.
>
>Speakers are essentially analogue.
>
>You can have a digital connection to your speakers, which requires the
>speakers to have a DAC in them. Usually the connection uses some form of
>Dolby encoding.
>
>You are unlikely to notice much difference between an analogue and a digital
>connection to your speakers, but the convenience can be useful - especially
>if you have 5+ channels.
>
>Ben

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Depends how old you are I suspect and whether or not you have a well trained
ear. I don't know what the age is that hearing acuity starts to drop but it
is pretty young and lots of rock concerts or loud noise doesn't improve
things apparently.
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> Digital vs Analoge Sound cards, digital worth it ?
>
> I just want to buy some Logitec Z-5300 speakers, but i take it they ar
> e not digital the higer end speakers are but are twice as much.
>
> Will i notice better sound with a Audigy 2 ZS the card i am going to
> buy, make any difference in games FPS if its digital ?
>
>
> Not that i know anything about Digital in sound cards, so thats why
> the questions.
>
> Thanks.
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