Hooking my sound blaster to my Denon surround amplifier

Is there anyone on line that could advise me on how to do it's
Lormer

;? ?If your amp has the multichannel analog inputs on it, that is far-and-away the best method to connect your card to it. That way, you get multichannel sound from ALL sources that produce it. It's just not worth it to struggle trying to get multichannel sound using the digital hookup. So many posters report problems with the Dolby Digital encoding software that can be added for that purpose. Although you will need at least three stereo pair cables for the analog hookup, you will get the best possible fidelity from the card that it was designed for. the digital system is highly compressed only to be "reassembled" a few feet away in the receiver and to me it's just not the way to go. Using the free download for Power DVD you can even watch DVD movies in full surround, or if you have Nero or any other type of DVD player software you will get multichannel sound. I use an Xtreme Gamer card and have awesome and wonderful 7. channel sound, even from my MP3 collection.
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