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Originally posted by starshipeleven View PostWorkstation boards only need basic audio, as they either aren't working with sound at all (so basic audio is fine) or if they do work with sound they will 100% have dedicated sound cards costing more than half the cost of the motherboard (so the onboard audio is not used at all).
Its toslink output is fine, so I just feed that into my outboard DAC. The trick is usually to make sure you have all of the analog inputs muted. I can tell if the audio is bit-perfect, based on whether my DAC detects a HDCD signal, when I play a disc or flac that has it. IMO, that's pretty much the best use for it.
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Originally posted by grok View PostSo you think motherboard manufacturers are able to implement USB ports at 5 Gbps or more, but a stereo out is too hard?
Do note that some boards like Raspberry Pi even drive audio jacks without analog circuitry by using PWM. This used to sound awful(ly?), but more recently they have reached acceptable quality with a sigma-delta audio driver.
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Originally posted by coder View PostOkay, so not ARM64?
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That's.. not ARM in any way, shape or form.
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Originally posted by chithanh View PostDo note that some boards like Raspberry Pi even drive audio jacks without analog circuitry by using PWM. This used to sound awful(ly?), but more recently they have reached acceptable quality with a sigma-delta audio driver.
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Originally posted by starshipeleven View PostThat's.. not ARM in any way, shape or form.
Rereading Dawn 's post, I see now that ARM64 was referenced in addition to IBM's z-mainframes. The idea of them using ARM in their mainframes (last November) blew my mind.
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