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stubby5000

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  1. Thanks for all the info guys, I'm getting a much better handle on things now... While I DO have a very large, very high quality digital music collection, at this time my goals for the HTPC build are primarily geared towards watching movies. I could see SOMEDAY adding a high-end sound card/dedicated DAC for 2.0 music listening, but due to budget constraints, that day isn't today. ;-) That being the case, I'm planning on going with a Radeon HD 5750 video card that will pass the digital audio signal (up to 7.1 with TrueHD or DTS-HD MA) to my receiver via HDMI. Now, two related questions: 1) When I do someday add that high-end Lynx sound card to my HTPC, is there a way to automatically send 2.0 content through the sound card, and 5.1/7.1 content through the video card? If not I suppose the alternative would be manually switching which audio device the computer is using, which isn't difficult, but it would be nice if that step could be omitted. 2) Are there any AV receivers out there that have a good quality DAC built in? It seems like it would be really cool if one box could have both an analog and digital circuit: analog for 2.0 content, and digital for all that crazy 7.1 processing... Again, thanks very much for all the info guys! It's been very helpful...
  2. Thanks for the replies everyone. I am leaning towards this video card, which (per my understanding) will include audio in its HDMI output: http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-5450-review/ I assume the audio it outputs is bit-perfect, or "bit transparent," right? If this is the case, I am confused on why there is a need for these high-end audiophile sound cards... If you are getting bit-perfect digital audio leaving your computer, isn't that as good as it gets? After that, a high quality DAC should get you "perfect" sound, yes? I'm sure there is something crucial I'm missing here. ;-) Again, thanks for all the replies, and the patience with my noobishness.
  3. Won't I need the audio to be carried via HDMI to support the true 7.1 sources, like Dolby TrueHD or DTS-HD?
  4. I'm a brand new CA member tasked with building a non-stratospherically priced HTPC, and I am soliciting opinions on sound cards. Ideally, I would like both sound and video to leave the HTPC via HDMI, but it seems like most high-end "audiophile" sound cards do not support this. Does anyone have any thoughts/suggestions for me? Thanks in advance! Chris
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