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  • Digital SPDIF on Sound Card and CD-ROM?

    What the heck is this used for? Is it just a digital line instead of analog, if so the CD In is analog?

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    If you use the digital line between the cd and soundcard, that just means you're using the DAC (digital to analogue converter) on the soundcard instead of the one on the CD-Rom. Results in cleaner sound usually.

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    • #3
      Also, you can keep the music digital (or so my roommate and his Live! believe). No quality loss for sampling/encoding. He could be wrong, though.

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      • #4
        Alright, thanks, that is what I thought.

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