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| System Name | Space Station |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel 13700K |
| Motherboard | ASRock Z790 PG Riptide |
| Cooling | Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420 |
| Memory | Corsair Vengeance 6400 2x16GB @ CL34 |
| Video Card(s) | PNY RTX 4080 |
| Storage | SSDs - Nextorage 4TB, Samsung EVO 970 500GB, Plextor M5Pro 128GB, HDDs - WD Black 6TB, 2x 1TB |
| Display(s) | LG C3 OLED 42" |
| Case | Corsair 7000D Airflow |
| Audio Device(s) | Yamaha RX-V371 |
| Power Supply | SeaSonic Vertex 1200w Gold |
| Mouse | Razer Basilisk V3 |
| Keyboard | Bloody B840-LK |
| Software | Windows 11 Pro 23H2 |
In perusing the new DDR4 MBs, I noticed ALC1150 with DTS Connect support is common. Not sure I want to bite on DDR4 since it may be some time before CAS latency gets lower or it shows up on more affordable platforms than 2011-v3, but I DID find some Z97 MBs have ALC1150, and I was originally thinking of going i5 this time anyway.
Now to my question. I suppose it's too much to hope an ALC1150 equipped MB would send a DTS encoded signal to my AVR to decode as DTS if I'm just using an audio passthrough via optical or coaxial out? Would I have to run analog out straight to speakers to get the DTS encoding?
I'm currently using passthrough to my AVR, but it IS labeled as Realtek in Audio Playback devices, so.
(EDITED)
Just called a local high end PC build shop and the guy there says it should actually encode DTS via passthrough. In fact regarding Dolby support, he says pass through is the only way it's usually done.
If that is the case, my only other concern would be the actual audio quality vs using say an ASUS Xonar DS, which also has DTS Connect support.
Due note that this is not just a money matter, as I can get a Xonar DS for around $38. I'm worried more about ongoing driver support and/or potential game conflicts.
Keep in mind too that the sound card would only be used for pass through too, so even if it has great DACs and such, it seems they wouldn't come into play.
I really like that Realtek has finally stepped up and offered DTS support, and I've generally had no driver issues with their chips. This chip also supports Dolby PCEE, but I'm not sure my pre software calibration era Yamaha AVR supports it.
Now to my question. I suppose it's too much to hope an ALC1150 equipped MB would send a DTS encoded signal to my AVR to decode as DTS if I'm just using an audio passthrough via optical or coaxial out? Would I have to run analog out straight to speakers to get the DTS encoding?
I'm currently using passthrough to my AVR, but it IS labeled as Realtek in Audio Playback devices, so.
(EDITED)
Just called a local high end PC build shop and the guy there says it should actually encode DTS via passthrough. In fact regarding Dolby support, he says pass through is the only way it's usually done.
If that is the case, my only other concern would be the actual audio quality vs using say an ASUS Xonar DS, which also has DTS Connect support.
Due note that this is not just a money matter, as I can get a Xonar DS for around $38. I'm worried more about ongoing driver support and/or potential game conflicts.
Keep in mind too that the sound card would only be used for pass through too, so even if it has great DACs and such, it seems they wouldn't come into play.
I really like that Realtek has finally stepped up and offered DTS support, and I've generally had no driver issues with their chips. This chip also supports Dolby PCEE, but I'm not sure my pre software calibration era Yamaha AVR supports it.
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