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Airmantharp wrote:They don't exist;
just brew it! wrote:The Sound Settings screen shot says "ATI HDMI Audio" right underneath "Realtek HDMI Output". That's the audio adapter on your video card.
churin wrote:just brew it! wrote:The Sound Settings screen shot says "ATI HDMI Audio" right underneath "Realtek HDMI Output". That's the audio adapter on your video card.
I just overlooked this. I was expecting something depicting Xonar DG.
This appears to mean the Asus Xonar DG sound card is not utilized at all.
Thank you very much for your help.
churin wrote:just brew it! wrote:The Sound Settings screen shot says "ATI HDMI Audio" right underneath "Realtek HDMI Output". That's the audio adapter on your video card.
I just overlooked this. I was expecting something depicting Xonar DG.
This appears to mean the Asus Xonar DG sound card is not utilized at all.
just brew it wrote:The Xonar can still be used with other (non-HDMI) speakers, headphones, A/V receivers, etc.
Bensam123 wrote:Don't let Airman mislead you. A HDMI out isn't a magical conduit that makes pure sound leave your computer. We went over this in the Titanium HD thread. Muxing takes place and adjustments your sound card may do to the stream unless the sound card has passthrough capabilities. A easy test for this is to see whether or not you can adjust the volume. If you can adjust the volume it's not a pure passthrough to begin with.
Bensam123 wrote:What isn't used are the DACs and any sort of analog components on the sound card. Sound cards aren't just DACs though.
churin wrote:I have just upgraded 35 years old stereo sysem with 2.1 speakers to Yamaha RX-V473BL with 5.1 speaker system.
The video card is Diamond Radeon HD 5770.
MadManOriginal wrote:You only need to keep the Xonar for analog output (probably not needed any more) or for its special processing advantages versus the video card codec with content that isn't already surround.
MadManOriginal wrote:churin wrote:I have just upgraded 35 years old stereo sysem with 2.1 speakers to Yamaha RX-V473BL with 5.1 speaker system.
The video card is Diamond Radeon HD 5770.
Ok, so I assume you got the Xonar in order to have good analog outputs to your old amplifier.
With the new receiver you don't need analog inputs. So are you using the computer solely for content that already has 5.1 soundtracks, like pure HTPC use? Games that can output 5.1 through HDMI? You only need to keep the Xonar for analog output (probably not needed any more) or for its special processing advantages versus the video card codec with content that isn't already surround, if there are any. (You can do some work and check this out, see what the Xonar has for options versus the video card codec. ) I am leaning toward concluding that you don't need the Xonar any more now that you've got an HDMI capable receiver.