S/PDIF?

carderne said:
My motherboard has a header that says SPDIF next to it. Is there something I assume there is something I can plug into there that will give me an S/PDIF output to be used with a set of Z-5500 speakers I hope to acquire.

Will this remove the need for a decent sound card? Surely then my motherboard sends the uncompressed digital data to the Z-5500 pod thingy which Dolbyfies it etc?

Please clarify this for me. And also, does the Z-5500 even have an input for S/PDIF? Thanks.
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The Z-5500 has inputs for optical and coaxial. You don't NEED a decent sound card though.
 
PLEASE stop linking to Uncle Tom they just suck in everything!
 
carderne said:
Well I found on the Gigabyte website what I need, but it seems very unlikely that I'll be able to get one locally.
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Order on the net. You could try Rectron by supplying them with the Gigabyte part number, you never know.

carderne said:
For interest's sake though, if I were to find one of these and use the S/PDIF output of my motherboard and plug it into a Z-5500 control pod, would that negate the need for a decent sound card? Does it then just pass on the digital data, or does my crappy onboard sound still play a role?
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Only part I can answer is that it will pass on digital data. There will be no DACs involved and this is usually where the crap starts with cheap stuff.
 
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Gixxa said:
PLEASE stop linking to Uncle Tom they just suck in everything!
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:rolleyes:

I could care less what you think. I did not see you trying to find him an image of what he required. It was the best example I could get in a short time. An image is an image, irrespective of the source.

Sometimes I really wonder wtf is wrong with people :confused:
 
Crappy sound card / onboard = Use S/PDIF (z5500 will do all the work)
Good sound card = Use Analogue. (Sound card will do the work)

So if you buy a good sound card then S/PDIF wont really be worth using.

And the thing with the Ipod, the Z5500 has an aux port on the side below the earphone port so that wont be a problem.
 
carderne said:
Ok cool. What about a crappy sound card that has S/PDIF? Then it might not matter that it's crappy because it will still be the Z-5500 that does the hard work...
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No, digital is digital and the content does not get 'modified'.
 
You have a picture? I have boxes of riser cards with USB / 1394 / SPDIF etc.. Where is St Francis Bay? If close to PE you can contact Hanno from Rectron direct he might be able to supply you with a SPDIF riser card - Tel: 041-398-7082

Good Luck.
 
carderne said:
Thanks Sparhawk. I was about to give that number a ring but I emailed Sybaritic just to check and they have a generic S/PDIF riser which they assured me will work with my motherboard. Thanks for the help. Great that I won't have to spend an extra R500 on top of already expensive speakers.
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Nice.
 
carderne said:
Ok cool. What about a crappy sound card that has S/PDIF? Then it might not matter that it's crappy because it will still be the Z-5500 that does the hard work...
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I have a set of Z5500's and they run perfectly of my motherboards sound inputs..

Rectron sells them for arround R3500.00 including vat.

If you can i'd suggest a new set would be apropriate. since anyone who has that speakers probably played the hell out of it.
 
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