Rhadamanthys
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So I this is the VSS setup I'm building right now:
ROG Hero VI internal sound card (7.1) > external DAC (stereo) > external amp > stereo headphones
How should I hook up the sound card to the external dac if I wanna use surround virtualization software (HeSuVi)? I could use either speaker/headphone line out or optical S/PDIF. Does it matter? Cuz I'm wondering: When using analog line out, won't the audio already be processed by the internal sound card DAC before it reaches the external? Would that double dac processing be bad in terms of audio quality? On the other hand, what happens if I send the 7.1 VSS/HeSuVi stream via the optical to the stereo DAC? Will the 7.1 VSS still reach my ears the way it should?
It's the first time I'm experimenting with external dacs and such so I'm a bit confused.
ROG Hero VI internal sound card (7.1) > external DAC (stereo) > external amp > stereo headphones
How should I hook up the sound card to the external dac if I wanna use surround virtualization software (HeSuVi)? I could use either speaker/headphone line out or optical S/PDIF. Does it matter? Cuz I'm wondering: When using analog line out, won't the audio already be processed by the internal sound card DAC before it reaches the external? Would that double dac processing be bad in terms of audio quality? On the other hand, what happens if I send the 7.1 VSS/HeSuVi stream via the optical to the stereo DAC? Will the 7.1 VSS still reach my ears the way it should?
It's the first time I'm experimenting with external dacs and such so I'm a bit confused.