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I feel like this has come up on the forum before but TOSlink is a pretty limited standard and simply does not have the bandwidth to carry six channels rather than two, and even worse, it expects one of a few compressed surround standards most of which have been superseded - basically only DD and DTS. No HD for you.
You will be able to find either soundcard vendor or third party to downsample and encode the n-channel HD coming out of Elite into the 5.1 compressed encoded stream which TOSlink can decode at the other end but it just won't be HD.
I think people think this standard is cool because fibre yay and so it was in 1983 but cooking-grade HDMI carries more bandwidth now!
You will be able to find either soundcard vendor or third party to downsample and encode the n-channel HD coming out of Elite into the 5.1 compressed encoded stream which TOSlink can decode at the other end but it just won't be HD.
I think people think this standard is cool because fibre yay and so it was in 1983 but cooking-grade HDMI carries more bandwidth now!
As for "why aren't there more systems tailored for PC" - it's gone the other way really, PCs now mostly have outputs like any other media source so what's to tailor?
Actually if you have a spare HDMI on the GPU or even onboard you could consider using that to send HDMI to your amp...
Actually if you have a spare HDMI on the GPU or even onboard you could consider using that to send HDMI to your amp...
It is, indeed.
Joyce has been unpacked and plugged in. She's working and the binds are retained. We're in the pipe, five by five.
\o/ Hooray for everything.
The Corsair is locked and loaded and the FC is en route to Asterope for some scout funsies.
\o/ Hooray for everything.
The Corsair is locked and loaded and the FC is en route to Asterope for some scout funsies.
1. Compactness is basically what I am referring to.
2. If I find the audio direct input channels on the Z906 have died then I might be tempted to replace it with a discrete amp. At the moment the audio performance for streaming etc is OK (more than just PC-produced stuff) but I would like games like ED to actually provide a proper 3D soundscape. (I am assuming ED does produce 5 channel audio to the PC and it is just the on-board TOS encoder that doesn't handle it - i.e. doesn't produce a DTS signal for example. - Being new I have no experience of whether ED can do this.)
I think ED has 3D sound. At least my old Sound Blaster Omni provided my speakers with 3D sound.
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It looks very good, but at quite a price - yep, iirc it’s at least double the price I first saw it years ago…
…it is a 2.1 system - importantly for me, inputs can be simultaneously active, whereas the 906 has more options but just switches between them, as far as i have been able to learn?
Not going to the CG in Dann(sp?) to bounty hunt, one contribution is good for some paint and pre engineered KWS modules?
Congrats on being back in control.
Hi 
May I ask what motherboard you have, and perhaps it's relevant audio drivers as this might be relevant...
I'm using an Asus MB on this computer (Rog Strix B650E-F) and I had a bit of a confusing time setting the speakers up (7.1 surround sound) with the Realtek Audio Console software, and the Windows 11 native speaker set up, initially after I built the pc.
I finally sorted it out but sometimes very rarely windows updates sometimes revert it to a 2 .1 (or two speaker, can't remember which) or...leastways that's what I think causes it, which is slightly annoying.
In the Realtek audio it reflects that until I also go back into the software speaker app and change it to 7.1 again.....so....
The app lets you fine tune the sound levels from each set of 2 speakers (on 7.1) plus other sound related stuff including the cable connections etc. so it can be quite involved, but sometimes that can lead to it being a bit confusing too as to what's going on as well!
Yup, but it's quite 'sophisticated' from what I can gather from the Logitech site info*., plus it's got pretty programable argb lights on the speakers!...I must admit, I like argb related hardware lighting, but that tends to inflate hardware prices unfortunately with no actual hardware improvements obviously. 
Incidentally, talking of speakers... I was just recently looking at these...
www.trust.com
They might be considered cheap n' cheerful but of the couple of reviews I've seen of them the reviews are surprisingly positive. 
What am I up to....
...Still travelling round the bubble like a door to door salesman, I've just a few more mined metals & minerals to sell off. I gave the Asterope system a visit to test out a recent theory, but it proved nothing of real value in that regard at this moment in time. Plenty of Thargoid ships around though to test the theory, but I didn't stay in one place for too long in the system!
The System is chocca block with carriers so I couldn't park mine in there directly. I parked in an adjacent system and then jumped in in a Mandalay. Jumping to the system and finally jumping out the systems my ship was shut down / offlined both ways by I presume a Thargoid vessel, the ship auto repaired etc. and no damage incurred. I've experienced this in past gameplay, so no surprises there, but I do think this is one area where new missions lead ins could be introduced to involve the player into a more constructive aspect of Thargoid interactivity.
A long tome by me again, apologies!...
Edit*..already answered by Timber McWolf!..(me's just a slow typer).
Jack
May I ask what motherboard you have, and perhaps it's relevant audio drivers as this might be relevant...
I'm using an Asus MB on this computer (Rog Strix B650E-F) and I had a bit of a confusing time setting the speakers up (7.1 surround sound) with the Realtek Audio Console software, and the Windows 11 native speaker set up, initially after I built the pc.
I finally sorted it out but sometimes very rarely windows updates sometimes revert it to a 2 .1 (or two speaker, can't remember which) or...leastways that's what I think causes it, which is slightly annoying.
In the Realtek audio it reflects that until I also go back into the software speaker app and change it to 7.1 again.
....so....The app lets you fine tune the sound levels from each set of 2 speakers (on 7.1) plus other sound related stuff including the cable connections etc. so it can be quite involved, but sometimes that can lead to it being a bit confusing too as to what's going on as well!
Yup, but it's quite 'sophisticated' from what I can gather from the Logitech site info*., plus it's got pretty programable argb lights on the speakers!
...I must admit, I like argb related hardware lighting, but that tends to inflate hardware prices unfortunately with no actual hardware improvements obviously. Incidentally, talking of speakers... I was just recently looking at these...
Trust.com - GXT 658 Tytan 5.1 Surround Speaker System
5.1 speaker set system including wooden subwoofer with a total RMS power output of 90 Watt (180 Watt peak power)
www.trust.com
What am I up to....
...Still travelling round the bubble like a door to door salesman, I've just a few more mined metals & minerals to sell off. I gave the Asterope system a visit to test out a recent theory, but it proved nothing of real value in that regard at this moment in time. Plenty of Thargoid ships around though to test the theory, but I didn't stay in one place for too long in the system!The System is chocca block with carriers so I couldn't park mine in there directly. I parked in an adjacent system and then jumped in in a Mandalay. Jumping to the system and finally jumping out the systems my ship was shut down / offlined both ways by I presume a Thargoid vessel, the ship auto repaired etc. and no damage incurred. I've experienced this in past gameplay, so no surprises there, but I do think this is one area where new missions lead ins could be introduced to involve the player into a more constructive aspect of Thargoid interactivity.
A long tome by me again, apologies!...
Edit*..already answered by Timber McWolf!..(me's just a slow typer).
Jack
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Hmm. It's a thought.
But, y'know, I've never done one CG in the entire time I've played. I really ought to rectify that.
Dann you say? Right...
Yes I did, I also hinted that I had got the spelling wrong.
ACTIVE CG - Defeat Pirates in Planetary Rings of Dhan (Bounty Hunting)
Summary System: Dhan Station: Kidd Station (Coriolis Starport, large pads available, 14 Ls from main star, 227.74 Ly from Sol) Objective: Hand in Bounty Vouchers for Dhan Empire League Time limit: 24th April 3311 @ 06:00 UTC Description The governing faction of the Dhan system has called for...
The Corsair is fun. The EAX MCs rip through scouts very nicely indeed and I'm loving the centralised firing.
Now... I need to change my weapon fire colour. I quite like cyan.
Now... I need to change my weapon fire colour. I quite like cyan.
I just bought a new computer for my wife and I spent a good half hour trying to figure out how to turn OFF all the darn RGB lighting effects!
The app that shipped with the computer was some sort of bloatware that you had to pay for to get full functionality, and the UI for it was incomprehensible even for me (I'm a computer programmer, or rather that is what I was my whole life until I retired). I had to go into the BIOS and figure out how to disable the lighting, and even then a couple of them stayed on. It's a nightmare.
I'm glad at least someone likes those lights. I hate them with a passion!
I take it this was a prebuilt computer?I just bought a new computer for my wife and I spent a good half hour trying to figure out how to turn OFF all the darn RGB lighting effects!
The app that shipped with the computer was some sort of bloatware that you had to pay for to get full functionality, and the UI for it was incomprehensible even for me (I'm a computer programmer, or rather that is what I was my whole life until I retired). I had to go into the BIOS and figure out how to disable the lighting, and even then a couple of them stayed on. It's a nightmare.
I'm glad at least someone likes those lights. I hate them with a passion!
Wasn't Armory Crate was it? That thing is awful.I just bought a new computer for my wife and I spent a good half hour trying to figure out how to turn OFF all the darn RGB lighting effects!
The app that shipped with the computer was some sort of bloatware that you had to pay for to get full functionality, and the UI for it was incomprehensible even for me (I'm a computer programmer, or rather that is what I was my whole life until I retired). I had to go into the BIOS and figure out how to disable the lighting, and even then a couple of them stayed on. It's a nightmare.
I'm glad at least someone likes those lights. I hate them with a passion!
EDIT: I also had Corsair iCue on my machine when I first go it but that wasn't very good either. I now use "OpenRGB" to set my lighting. It's a little fiddly but it works and, once set, no no need to tinker Unless you want to.
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I always, always, always turn off the onboard sound in the BIOS when installing Windows, otherwise it will load one of it's crappy drivers and they are a nightmare to uninstall. If I get a prebuilt tower or laptop, I always delete all the partitions, reinstall Windows with fresh drivers and the software I want after creating new partitions.
But hey, that's just me.
But hey, that's just me.
I work on a similar basis. Though, the worst part on some prefabed comps is the crippled BIOS/UEFI...