Best socket 1155 onboard audio?

[Solarium]

Not planning to get an X-fi platinum, what's the cheapest solution to get sub $200 mobo with the best onboard audio to go along with a 2500k?

 

[DaveSimmons]

Analog or digital output? Music, gaming or both?

If analog, how expensive are your speakers? With a sub-$150 5.1 setup I doubt you'd be able to tell any of them apart.

If digital, they're all the same for music and movies. If gaming, the main thing to look for is support for Dolby Digital Live for real time 5.1 surround encoding of game audio.

 

[Solarium]

Using Klipsch THX quad (4.1) setup with analog, and maybe a Sennheiser HD595/PC350. Focus primarily gaming (DDL would be nice), and music

 

[tigerbait]

Not planning to get an X-fi platinum, what's the cheapest solution to get sub $200 mobo with the best onboard audio to go along with a 2500k?

createdamonster posted this in another thread

http://translate.google.com/transla...ntel-p67-moederborden-review-geluidskwaliteit

 

[f4phantom2500]

they should all be pretty similar, especially with respect to the audio chip they use. personally i would say get an x-fi xtrememusic and mod it/have it modded

http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/226975/hotrodding-the-x-fi-a-layman-s-guide-no-56k

that's what i did.