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Stephen Neal · 01-01-2009, 10:28 AM

Does your amp support multichannel PCM over HDMI - if so then you may be best off with an ATI video card that supports this format (4550 or better?)

The Auzentech and Xonar HDMI cards are really only better than this solution if you need AVR decoding of bitstreamed True HD/DTS HD etc. - with the 4550 cards the PC decodes to PCM.

If you don't need an HDMI solution then you are in the realm of high quality decoding to analogue - and others will be better qualified than I to advise on these solutions.

BTW - I don't think there is a PC SACD drive is there - so I'm not sure SACD is possible? (It uses a bespoke optical format which requires a special drive to play non-hybrid discs)

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Stephen Neal Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,037 My movie collection Thanks: Gave 8, Got 502	Re: Best DOLBY TRUE HD, DTS-HD,SACD,DVD-A sound card Does your amp support multichannel PCM over HDMI - if so then you may be best off with an ATI video card that supports this format (4550 or better?) The Auzentech and Xonar HDMI cards are really only better than this solution if you need AVR decoding of bitstreamed True HD/DTS HD etc. - with the 4550 cards the PC decodes to PCM. If you don't need an HDMI solution then you are in the realm of high quality decoding to analogue - and others will be better qualified than I to advise on these solutions. BTW - I don't think there is a PC SACD drive is there - so I'm not sure SACD is possible? (It uses a bespoke optical format which requires a special drive to play non-hybrid discs)