- Sound cards with dolby 5.1 movie#
- Sound cards with dolby 5.1 Pc#
- Sound cards with dolby 5.1 windows#
One benefit to using using one of the above mentioned cards and the Logitech Z-5500's is simplicity. As has been said before, you'll want to use the best speakers you can afford (which are not the Logitech Z-5500's, they're nice, but not the best) paired with your best DACs. or you can pair one of the above referenced cards with a contemporary receiver that will decode Dolby Digital as well (and you may already have this type of receiver with descent speakers). They're good set, though not quite perfect sounding, you'll likely be very satisfied. The Logitech Z-5500's offer a Dolby Digital decoding solution, with a very copact receiver.
As it is today, the only card I know of that has dolby, dts, and thx support are the creative line up of cards, sound blaster, audigy, X-Fi, etc. But just having the speakers plugged in doesn't do anything unless you have a card that can decode the dolby/dts/thx signal. In order to hear all 5 channels, you need to have the appropriate number of speakers to hear the sound front center, front left, front right, rear left, rear right. correct me if I'm wrong.Ĭlick to expand.To do what you mention, you need both, 5.1 speakers and a sound card that is Dolby/DTS/THX capable. This will ensure all your audio is encoded into a Dolby Digital stream in real-time and then sent to your speakers for decoding.
Sound cards with dolby 5.1 Pc#
You'll then need PC speakers (or better) that support COAX or Optical Audio with Dolby Digital 5.1 or DTS decoding (like Logitech Z-5500's for example).
Sound cards with dolby 5.1 windows#
If you want to turn all your windows audio into Dolby Digital Audio you'll need a card that supports Dolby Digital Live! (like some of the turtle beach and Auzentech Xplosion/Mystique sound cards). Your windows audio or MP3's are not encoded in Dolby Digital Audio.
Sound cards with dolby 5.1 movie#
Dolby Digital audio (or DTS for that matter) are special audio encryptions running at relatively high bit-rates each being specifically engineered/programmed for each specific movie to allow the most realistic audio positioning currently available.