Re: Maximum PC Moonlights With a HTPC Build
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God I hate HD bitstreaming. I wish it would just go away.
Why anyone would spend an extra $250 plus all the setup headaches to get bitstreaming is beyond me. That same person would probably pair that bitstreaming setup with a small $1000 satellite speaker system thinking they got great sound out of it. LPCM is right there absolutely free. ::) If you want bitstreaming over LPCM because you must have completely untouched audio then you had better have $3000 worth of speaker and $800 worth of amp or more with perfectly placed speakers and exact calibration.
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The same reason there are so many people into high end audio when the vast majority of the population is happy with their Bose Lifestyle systems. We want the best sound possible. I guess I qualify because my surround system far exceeds your minimum requirements. ;D
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because it is confusing for users and completely unnecessary for 99.99% of of the population. It is thought by many people as the only way to get HD audio to your speakers but that is not true at all.
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In fact, I found bitstreaming to be quite simple to set up and get working with very little effort. I was originally using an Asus HDAV 1.3 sound card and then switched to an ATi HD 5670 graphics card for bitstreaming HD audio. Neither setup required more than a couple of settings to select the HDMI output for the primary sound device and one or two playback apps. It’s nowhere near as confusing as you make it out to be.