first one. read the bottom of the page
Edit. I bolded the important parts of these E-mails
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Original Message Follows:
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Subject: CLI - Technical Support Request - (Audigy 2 ZS Platinum)
Name: Vance Lockett
E-mail Address:
vance43211@gmail.com
Self Description: Advanced PC User
Country: United States of America
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Support Inquiry: ID(2) I need help with a Creative software application
Product: Audigy 2 ZS Platinum
CCPP Certificate Number:
Serial Number: I don't know
Purchase Date: 9/10/2004
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Operating System: Windows XP
Creative Model Number: Audigy 2
Computer Brand/Model:
Processor/CPU:
Memory:
BIOS Type/Revision:
System Board/Chipset:
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Detailed Problem Description:
I"m arguing with this guy on this post
http://www.techist.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=119657&perpage=15&pagenumber=1
he says that the audigy 2
"it upsamples everything to 48khz in the dsp chip and then back down to 44.1khz on the spdif output before it puts out the
signal is already a very bad sign."
basically he is say that it converts the signal beforehand and then send the digital signal out which kind of defeats the purpose of it
please tell me that that isn't true
I said that it bypass the signal altogether so that the quality depends on your receiver or DAC