Originally Posted by Blitzen 
Take a look at the spec i posted for you in that linked thread.
BTW...the sound on that board is 7.1 HiDef so you wont be disappointed.
with poor DAC's, motherbaord audio has alway been pants, even a cheapo sound blaster x-fi xtreme audio will sound better than any mobo audio, as for the DD Live/DTS connect, have it your way if you want to lossy audio, as thea udio is being compressed when it is passed to the amp..., buy a dedicated sound card and stick with the analogue outs...