I have a Startech USB sound card, but again, optical output is only 2.0. Optical isn't fast enough for more than uncompressed stereo. You can stream DD 5.1 from a DVD or whatever via Toslink but ...

This does not give me surround sound. As I understand it, the 360 will only output 5.1 over a digital ... much (plus I'd resent buying an X-Fi based card when I already have one).

An S/PDIF optical output is also provided ... The most expensive external sound card we currently recommend is the Sound Blaster AE-9. This model actually sports both internal and external ...

“This ultra sound card provides stereo analogue output and input. The output can also be sent using the optical SPDIF connector. It has two input microphones. It comes as a three layer stack of ...

Connectors: 1x TOSLINK Optical Out, 1x 3.5mm Mic/Line ... in this case using the Audioengine A2+ twin speaker setup. Output from the Sound Blaster card was compared with two types of motherboard ...

The Xonar DG is a remarkably inexpensive half-height PCI sound card, but it isn’t cheap and nasty. With 5.1 analogue surround sound, the obligatory optical S/PDIF output and variable impedance ...

Creative's Sound BlasterX G5 external USB 7.1 sound card is great for perking up lower ... Compatible with a wide variety of mediums, this unit provides optical line in and out ports, a micro ...

The Auzen X-Raider 7.1 is a PCI sound card with swappable OPAMPs for all channels, SPDIF(Optical) In/Out, internal digital output via two-pin connector, support for HD front panel audio ...

As a result, the easiest and best-sounding way to use this sound card for surround is to ignore the onboard amps and output to an AV receiver via optical or the analog outputs. The Creative X7's ...

The X-Fi Titanium has more ports than either of the Asus cards in this test, with dedicated optical S/PDIF in and ... the X-Fi's analogue audio output isn't quite as clean as that from either ...

The answer came in the form of plug-in sound cards, which contained their own increasingly complex sound-producing circuitry and audio output jacks. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, most PC users ...

has a bone to pick with Apple: I have a great set of speakers that I connected to my old iMac with a optical ... 3.5mm audio jacks. This allowed higher-quality digital audio output, and this ...