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Originally Posted by JohnJSal
Thanks. But does this mean music won't sound quite as good? Or does it require switching settings every time you want to listen to music or play games?
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You could, but it really doesn't matter; your ear will adjust to the sound in a few seconds anyway and it will just sound normal, as long as the EQ is roughly balanced.
The only reason you'd want to take a digital out of a card is for proper professional music production, where you
need to hear everything, and for that you need more than a stereo/5.1 output (you want at least 32 digital outs really). And then you need to convert it to analogue which is where the real money is spent - you'll spend thousands on the ProTools i/o's.
I reckon the difference between most so called 'gamer' cards and the 'pro audio' cards is the software provided, and the style of the literature/box that comes with. Just buy a cheap one!