both TV and BD player are connected wirelessly to the household router, so they can receive streaming and (in the BD player's case) send streaming to the other connected hardware (two Windows desktops, one other HDTV, and an Android tablet) - if I can find decent headphones that can support virtualized 5.1, I'd actually prefer headphones to speakers for peace-of-mind). In my case, like my existing X-Fi XtremeGamer, the replacement will be used with more ordinary/"plebian" 5.1 speakers (or headphones) for a mix of gaming and music (not really movies any more, due to there now being a more suitable home-theater setup elsewhere in the basement with 65" OLED HDTV, BD/DVD player, BOSE CineMate 1SR speaker setup, etc. The Z and Zx are decidedly more suitable for the average desktop PC user (gaming, audio, etc.) - the primary reason I'm looking at the refurb Recon3D is NOT for my own PC (I'm leaning more toward the Z in OEM/white box trim for me), but for the reasons I stated in my original post - as a step-up from onboard sound or bottom-end audio for those that have no sound support whatever due to component failure. ZxR = overkill for most PC audio usage however, the same can be said for the other audio cards in the price range (both from Creative and everyone else) - I'm not beating up on the ZxR.
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