Waylander Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 Creative Surround 5.1 and Creative Connect Both appear to support analogue in via headphone jack, upconvert to 5.1 and then optical digital out. Want to buy one to connect my BD-playing Laptop to my Amp but can't figure out what I am missing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizze Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 The 5.1 gives you digital out and 5.1 analogue out, so the decoding is done in the card, where as the cheaper one just has digital out and a stereo analogue out so you will let an amp do the decoding. However for the sake of a fiver get the 5.1 version as it is 24bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizze Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 I should add, the 5.1 version allows the amp to do the work too, just more options and a better DAC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted February 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 Good stuff. Thanks Will jump for that then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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