Mehdi
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Lets ignore the fact that consoles are mass produced allowing the price to be much cheaper. However, this may at best be a 30% reduction in costs.
With a 360, one simply needs to plug it directly into a receiver and you get some amazing sound quality. The same happens to be true with a PS3. The sound is frankly, brilliant. Yes, it is the receiver that is doing the decoding into DTS/Dolby in these cases.
On a PC, we have to purchase these relatively expensive cards that cost almost as much as the console itself. Now, yes we can go and get a used X-Fi Xtreme Gamer for $25... however, the "Pro" versions go like the Titanium Professional are at least $100.
So, what gives?
I almost imagine that a PC sound card is doing what both a console plus receiver would have to do. However, this would beg the question why we don't just use a $25 sound card, and then just use optical out to the same 'receiver' as a console wound use.
Bare in mind, I'm a audio noob! Thx
With a 360, one simply needs to plug it directly into a receiver and you get some amazing sound quality. The same happens to be true with a PS3. The sound is frankly, brilliant. Yes, it is the receiver that is doing the decoding into DTS/Dolby in these cases.
On a PC, we have to purchase these relatively expensive cards that cost almost as much as the console itself. Now, yes we can go and get a used X-Fi Xtreme Gamer for $25... however, the "Pro" versions go like the Titanium Professional are at least $100.
So, what gives?
I almost imagine that a PC sound card is doing what both a console plus receiver would have to do. However, this would beg the question why we don't just use a $25 sound card, and then just use optical out to the same 'receiver' as a console wound use.
Bare in mind, I'm a audio noob! Thx