SPDIF support

[brk]

While I'm sure there is some truth to that, I think at that point  
you're getting into the touchy-feely audiophile realm.  I would  
venture a guess that in a double blind test, most people couldn't  
tell the difference between the two decoders.  Especially if you're  
just dealing with crap-level consumer gear (Sony, Kenwood, Pioneer,  
etc) and crap-level speakers (Bose, JBL, Infinity, etc), with crap- 
level room acoustics.

If you're concerned about "truer sound" the SPDIF connection is about  
the last and most obvious of your concerns.

On Apr 6, 2007, at 12:32 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote:

>
> There's at least one more reason for it. If you're doing spdif, you're
> probably handing off the raw digital audio stream to a device that  
> has a much
> better dolby digital decoder (your amp) than a sound card, so  
> you'll get
> truer sound. Its an absolute must for me for HDTV and DVD viewing.