I have tried asking this question on a PC hardware forum but they have told me to go to the home theater forums because my question is to do with THX quality, and no one in the PC forums has any idea, even the manufacturers of the products!! It is a bit wordy but please bear with me:
I have a 7.1 Sound Blaster Audigy 4 PRO sound card which says it is THX certified. The PC has one DVD ROM drive for Region 2 discs and one for Region 1 discs as well as a copier which has been hacked to handle any region with unlimited changes, although the stability of this is questionable at times, so I only use this to copy discs. I currently have a set of Creative Inspire T7900 7.1 Speakers connected to the PC using 4x3.5mm jacks (analogue). My PC is connected to the TV which is facing the opposite way to the PC, so I intended to get a separate surround sound system to go around the TV, which will not only duplicate the 7.1 audio but also with the help of a standalone decoder, handle 2 analgoue inputs (TV, Mini System output via AUX out sockets), one coaxial digital input (digital audio from the PC when watching movies), and two optical digital inputs (Sky+ box and Xbox).
The Speakers I intend to buy are Creative Gigaworks S750 7.1 Speakers which do have a THX sticker on them, therefore complimenting my sound card and sounding excellent in THX movies and games.
I understand that real home theater enthusiasts will turn their nose up at these type of speakers because of their output when compared to proper THX speakers. The reason I chose these are because of my limited budget and also because 70W per channel is more than enough, and a meaty 210W sub will more than satisfy my needs in terms of bass. To be fair, the size of my living room is so small that proper THX speakers woudl be overkill and the cheapest THX amplifier will also have a huge amount of wasted inputs, power and features considering my needs.
The decoder I wanted to get is strictly a standalone decoder, with no amplification, it strictly acts as a decoder of various DVD formats and a source of inputs. This has a PC audio passthrough which allows 4x3.5mm analogue PC audio to passthrough to the speakers, in addition to the wealth of analogue and digital inputs. It is a Creative DDTS-100 Decoder.
My only query with this decoder is the fact that there is no THX label on the decoder. If I was to directly connect the THX speakers to the Sound Card I would get THX quality without any loss whatsoever. If I was to introduce a 3.5mm Socket doubler in the sound card outputs, so that two 7.1 speakers can co-exist and both take output from the sound card, would that have any effect on the quality of the THX audio? If I was to add the above decoder into the setup, would that reduce the quality of THX audio from the PC. I understand that I will not get THX quality audio from digital and analogue sources connected to the decoder, but will the passthrough function on the decoder affect the quality of the THX audio from the Sound card?
Thank you for your help, sorry about the wording
I have a 7.1 Sound Blaster Audigy 4 PRO sound card which says it is THX certified. The PC has one DVD ROM drive for Region 2 discs and one for Region 1 discs as well as a copier which has been hacked to handle any region with unlimited changes, although the stability of this is questionable at times, so I only use this to copy discs. I currently have a set of Creative Inspire T7900 7.1 Speakers connected to the PC using 4x3.5mm jacks (analogue). My PC is connected to the TV which is facing the opposite way to the PC, so I intended to get a separate surround sound system to go around the TV, which will not only duplicate the 7.1 audio but also with the help of a standalone decoder, handle 2 analgoue inputs (TV, Mini System output via AUX out sockets), one coaxial digital input (digital audio from the PC when watching movies), and two optical digital inputs (Sky+ box and Xbox).
The Speakers I intend to buy are Creative Gigaworks S750 7.1 Speakers which do have a THX sticker on them, therefore complimenting my sound card and sounding excellent in THX movies and games.
I understand that real home theater enthusiasts will turn their nose up at these type of speakers because of their output when compared to proper THX speakers. The reason I chose these are because of my limited budget and also because 70W per channel is more than enough, and a meaty 210W sub will more than satisfy my needs in terms of bass. To be fair, the size of my living room is so small that proper THX speakers woudl be overkill and the cheapest THX amplifier will also have a huge amount of wasted inputs, power and features considering my needs.
The decoder I wanted to get is strictly a standalone decoder, with no amplification, it strictly acts as a decoder of various DVD formats and a source of inputs. This has a PC audio passthrough which allows 4x3.5mm analogue PC audio to passthrough to the speakers, in addition to the wealth of analogue and digital inputs. It is a Creative DDTS-100 Decoder.
My only query with this decoder is the fact that there is no THX label on the decoder. If I was to directly connect the THX speakers to the Sound Card I would get THX quality without any loss whatsoever. If I was to introduce a 3.5mm Socket doubler in the sound card outputs, so that two 7.1 speakers can co-exist and both take output from the sound card, would that have any effect on the quality of the THX audio? If I was to add the above decoder into the setup, would that reduce the quality of THX audio from the PC. I understand that I will not get THX quality audio from digital and analogue sources connected to the decoder, but will the passthrough function on the decoder affect the quality of the THX audio from the Sound card?
Thank you for your help, sorry about the wording
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