Acoustic Edge Vs SBL 5.1

[Vipero]

Which one do you recommend for a new homebuilt system?

I have the Cambridge DTT 2500 speakers which I understand don't interface well with the SBL card. (Which burns my butt since I just bought them 6 months ago in anticipation of a rebuild)

I purchased the SBL 5.1 card but have not installed it yet. Thinking about returning it and getting the Phillips card.

Any opinions appreciated.

 

[YZ12569]

In regards to the not connecting well... My buddy has a X-Gamer 5.1 and the older DTT 5.1 which also has a built in decoder.
The problems is bypassing one of the decoders to get the Dolby Digital decoding to work properly. And Creative just happens to make a cable that go's from the digital out on the sound card, to the 5.1 in on the speakers.

So these speakers do work together, but it is a waste of a decoder.
Personally I am holding out for a very nice 5.1 speakers set that does not have a decoder included, That's why we bought the soundcard anyway isn't it!

 

[Noriaki]

I'd take the AE over the SBLive!

The AE looks fantastic...it has some sweet processing to send 2 channel sources to 4 or 6 speakers or 4 channel sources to 6 speakers. It also has SPDIF in and out. It also supposedly has much nicer sound quality (I"ve never heard one so I can't comment there)

I intened to buy an AE in a month or so.