CD sound input. Analog or digital on audigy 2

[Maki]

Okay,

The audigy has internal digital and analog connectors for CD drives. I'm currently using the analog connection cause that is all my previous sound solution supported. What is the advantage of using the digital connection?

Thanks!

 

[LED]

There really is none esp if you are using XP...just remove the cable and it'll all work Digital via the IDE cable

 

[Maki]

Well, that's what I'm wondering. If I rip things that is going thru the ide, right? Otherwise it is just a choice between the Audigy's DACs and the CD Rom's (If I'm playing a cd in the drive.), right? I can't come up with anything else.

 

[LED]

Yes it's ripping through the IDE and even the CD's being played will go throught the IDE cable as the Anologue is tranfered to digital...All CD's are either ADD AAD or DDD...there are no AAA's that I know about so unless you have a siftware Player that reads only Anologue then there is no need for the cable

 

[Maki]

It was my understanding that when you played a cd it just decoded it, dumped it through the analog port where the sound card mixed it in and dumped it to the speakers. Same thing as if I plugged into my sound card via a front headphone jack.

I wasn't aware that it went through the ide cable.

Fair enough tho. I'll probably hook up the digital cable the next time I have reason to open the case.

 

[LED]

K...let us know and meanwhile I'm sitting here listening to Van Morrison on a CDROM via the USB port and nothing else

PS...Damn my spelling terrible as the night lingers on!

 

[Maki]

I was running analog, now I'm running digital (!#!@ing CD-RW died) and I notice no difference.