Thats disappointing . From what you just said even the mixamp is affecting the Z . So what do you think ? I wanna use 5.1 + ddl what is cheapest dac that wont badly affect the quality. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

  i have a problem with my mixamp so thats why am asking about a new device to benefit its optical port. when i first tried it i remember i disable stereo mix ( there is no difference on/off ). when i used headphone port i set windows and games to 5.1 with headphones when using sbx . yea but it...

  wow i just want optical in thats it. i just want something to work as signal transfer as you said. i would go for the cheapest as long as it get the job without badly affecting the sound .

  thats cool :d what do you recommend ?

  thanks so you mean if if i plugged the any DAC to my sound card it wont badly affect the sound quality !

i liked the SBX but when i tried 5.1 + ddl it was better imo . thats why am asking if i got the cheapest dac ever just to benefit from the optical port will it affect the blaster's sound quality ?

http://www.head-fi.org/t/623079/creative-sound-blaster-new-series-z-zx-zxr/2475#post_10966498

i own a sound blaster z paired with akg q 701 but to take advantage of 5.1 and ddl i need to use optical. i tried using my astro mixamp and it did work great actually. what i know is only DACs has optical in, will the DAC affect the sound quality you know they are all sound cards. am asking...