Digital 5.1 Speakers Recommendation

[VanishingNerd]

In the 10-12k range.

Does such a thing even exist?:rofl:

If yes then please recommend.

Will be used mainly for watching movies and some games too. Used primarily on Vista 64, currently with Audigy.

 

[greenhorn]

nope , they dont, and spdif support is broken for creative soundcards in vista

 

[VanishingNerd]

I'll be changing to Xonar. Still have to decide between DX and D2X.

For the Audigy, the SPDIF is detected and everything, but of course not sure if it works.:tongue:

Are the Creative 5.1 D still available? How were they?

 

[greenhorn]

DX has DD live , D2X adds DTS to that , as far as the spdif output capablities are concerned.

 

[VanishingNerd]

Yes but wouldn't DX create trouble. The spdif and the mic in ports are the same. If you use the digital speaker set with it, where does the mic go?

 

[greenhorn]

it has a front panel header, but dunno if it's AC '97 ( thats what ordinary cabinets use )

 

[VanishingNerd]

What about the Creative GD580? Any ideas how that fairs against Logitech Z-5500?

 

[greenhorn]

I'm curious why you need digital speakers. You are aware that with a good soundcard ( which you're getting anyway) , there really is not much difference with their analog equivalents, right ?

 

[VanishingNerd]

More of a weighing options kind of a thing right now. I have creative inspire 4.1 which "do" the job but I want something a bit nicer.

 

[greenhorn]

budget ? I'm sure you can get hold of something better. 'Digital' is a nice feature which sounds impressive , but does not improve sound by itself. Its something you do only when your equipment is best connected that way

 

[Hacker]

Can we (those who are not audiophiles) detect the difference between digital and analog speakers???

 

[greenhorn]

digital and analog are different technologies dude. its like comparing VGA and DVI. a lot of factors come into play.

If the speaker DAC's are better( if you're using the SPDIF out on a motherboard and an HT Reciever) , then Digital

If the card DAC's are better( if you're using a high end card and multimedia speakers) , then analog.

Still, dont think there will be a significant difference or rather , the difference will be in the quality of the DAC's