Sound cards with optical outputs?

KPC84 · 12-11-2007, 11:02 PM

I'm looking on new egg, but I can't seem to find a sound card with high def optical sound outputs. Can anyone help me out here? I want my sound card to send data to my bose lifestyles 48 speakers. The only other way I could do it with my current card is to run the output into my HD tv, and then run the TV's audio output into my Bose system, but I don't really want to do that because it won't be HD sound quality.

KPC84 · 12-11-2007, 11:10 PM

I found this card. Does anyone have any experience with it?

HT OMEGA CLARO Plus+ 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Interface Sound Card

thanks.

Joe2005 · 12-11-2007, 11:19 PM

Limit 9999 WTF?

Back on topic, no I have not used that card, but it looks good.

KPC84 · 12-11-2007, 11:39 PM

ok, I also came accross this card as well.

AuzenTech XPlosion 7.1 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card

having HD optical outputs makes it superior to anything by creative. the only issue I see here is that it only supports EAX 3.0 and lower. The current EAX version is 5.0 and only the non HD cards like creative support that. my question is how important is EAX 5.0? I do a lot of gaming. Do most new games support lower verions of EAX?

12-11-2007, 11:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
KPC84 Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Hampshire Age: 24 Posts: 230	Sound cards with optical outputs? I'm looking on new egg, but I can't seem to find a sound card with high def optical sound outputs. Can anyone help me out here? I want my sound card to send data to my bose lifestyles 48 speakers. The only other way I could do it with my current card is to run the output into my HD tv, and then run the TV's audio output into my Bose system, but I don't really want to do that because it won't be HD sound quality. __________________ KPC84 Last edited by KPC84; 12-11-2007 at 11:11 PM.

12-11-2007, 11:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
KPC84 Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Hampshire Age: 24 Posts: 230	I found this card. Does anyone have any experience with it? HT OMEGA CLARO Plus+ 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Interface Sound Card thanks. __________________ KPC84

12-11-2007, 11:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
Joe2005 Gold Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 353	Limit 9999 WTF? Back on topic, no I have not used that card, but it looks good. __________________ I need to name this computer . . .<>AMD Athlon 4000+ @2.88GHz Radeon 3850 256MB<>3GB 800mhz DDR2 Gskill Ram GIGABYTE G61P-S3<>Samsung 500GB SATA HDD Asus DVD/CD burner + Stock CD burner + Stock DVD player<>Some what defective 22" Samsung Monitor (back-light bleed through on the left side, BAD SAMSNUNG!!!) 93% of teenagers listen to rap. If you are one of the 7% that still listens to real music, post this in your signature.

12-11-2007, 11:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
KPC84 Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Hampshire Age: 24 Posts: 230	ok, I also came accross this card as well. AuzenTech XPlosion 7.1 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card having HD optical outputs makes it superior to anything by creative. the only issue I see here is that it only supports EAX 3.0 and lower. The current EAX version is 5.0 and only the non HD cards like creative support that. my question is how important is EAX 5.0? I do a lot of gaming. Do most new games support lower verions of EAX? __________________ KPC84

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