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    m1730 coaxial digital output?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Jedi007, Mar 2, 2008.

  1. Jedi007

    Jedi007 Notebook Evangelist

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    I know there's none, but is it possible to somehow add one on? like via express card or something (I don't even know what that is), I got headphones that have sub and I want to use them! (they have normal analog wires too, but there's no sub if u use them)

    I have the Tritton AX360

    thanks :)
     
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    I have the creative soundblaster live usb external and it has optical and spdif out ports on it.
     
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    are there any drawbacks to using usb?

    any lag?
     
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    I don't notice any. I don't use the digital out ports though, i just use the analog ones for my 5.1 setup.

    There is also the xfi express card option but that seems but i dont know what adapter you need to get the digital out to be optical or coax.
     
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    there's a few out there:

    expresscard would be the creative x-fi notebook one, but it's expensive.

    there's cheaper usb ones - sondigo callisto (which i have), turtle beach audio advantage, and creative soundblaster as well.

    they tend to use optical outputs, rather than coaxial - but no difference between quality as long as you have the relevant input on your device.

    there's no audio delay on the sondigo callisto - and it does perfect dolby digital and dts pass-through.
     
    achw, Mar 3, 2008
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