Ruahrc
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Hello,
I have the original Audigy sound card, and am pretty happy with it. I could notice a difference in the sound quality up from my SBLive, and have had absolutely no driver problems whatsoever (with ANY Creative card). When I first bought the card I knew that the advertised 24-bit was misleading, but since I don't really record and wasn't totally into audio at the time, I didn't really mind. Now, however, I want to come back to this 24-bit thing and see what I can do.
Anyways, I know that the Audigy does SOME sort of 24-bit sound stuff- and also know that it doesn't do much either. I guess I know that it won't record in 24/96, but can it play back in 24/96? What is needed to get 24-bit playback, I am really confused here. Does it require special source material (since CD's and mp3s are only 16-bits anyways) or any special hardware as far as speakers/cans go? (Although since speakers are analog devices I dont think it maters, right?) And how do I know if it is outputting 24-bit vs 16-bit, is there some software setting that I need to be using or something?
A little info on my current setup- as far as sources go, I have CD's, DVD (movies), and mp3s (EAC ripped, 192k q=0 Lame encoded). For playback it's Winamp with MAD's mp3 decoder set to 32bits. My speakers are the Klipsch Promedia 5.1's, and the Klipsch external decoder- which brings up another point: Since I have "Digital Output Only" selected on the Audigy Mixer, the external decoder is what is actually doing the digital>analog conversion, right? The Klipsch website advertises that the decoder contains 20-bit Crystal DACs. To quote: "The digital processor utilized within the ProMedia DD-5.1 is actually the same Crystal 20 Bit converters as in our own high-end Aragon $8000. home theater processors." <-- Sounds like marketing hype but I guess they're at least pretty good quality, right? So am I getting 20-bit audio all the time from my decoder instead?
Any info you can give me on this would help greatly. I'm totally confused as to under what conditions the Audigy can do 24/96 as well as how the source audio affects this.
Thanks!
Ruahrc
I have the original Audigy sound card, and am pretty happy with it. I could notice a difference in the sound quality up from my SBLive, and have had absolutely no driver problems whatsoever (with ANY Creative card). When I first bought the card I knew that the advertised 24-bit was misleading, but since I don't really record and wasn't totally into audio at the time, I didn't really mind. Now, however, I want to come back to this 24-bit thing and see what I can do.
Anyways, I know that the Audigy does SOME sort of 24-bit sound stuff- and also know that it doesn't do much either. I guess I know that it won't record in 24/96, but can it play back in 24/96? What is needed to get 24-bit playback, I am really confused here. Does it require special source material (since CD's and mp3s are only 16-bits anyways) or any special hardware as far as speakers/cans go? (Although since speakers are analog devices I dont think it maters, right?) And how do I know if it is outputting 24-bit vs 16-bit, is there some software setting that I need to be using or something?
A little info on my current setup- as far as sources go, I have CD's, DVD (movies), and mp3s (EAC ripped, 192k q=0 Lame encoded). For playback it's Winamp with MAD's mp3 decoder set to 32bits. My speakers are the Klipsch Promedia 5.1's, and the Klipsch external decoder- which brings up another point: Since I have "Digital Output Only" selected on the Audigy Mixer, the external decoder is what is actually doing the digital>analog conversion, right? The Klipsch website advertises that the decoder contains 20-bit Crystal DACs. To quote: "The digital processor utilized within the ProMedia DD-5.1 is actually the same Crystal 20 Bit converters as in our own high-end Aragon $8000. home theater processors." <-- Sounds like marketing hype but I guess they're at least pretty good quality, right? So am I getting 20-bit audio all the time from my decoder instead?
Any info you can give me on this would help greatly. I'm totally confused as to under what conditions the Audigy can do 24/96 as well as how the source audio affects this.
Thanks!
Ruahrc