Question Is there a difference between ALC887 and ALC1200 when using optical out?

[teamrw]

Old motherboard was a ASUS Maximus VII Ranger and I ran an optical cable to my GEN2 Astro Mixamp from which I connected to my headphones using 3.5mm cable. The mixamp has some kind of dolby digital button to get virtual surround sound which I have been using since I bought them in 2014.

So I bought a new CPU and an ASUS Prime B550-Plus motherboard with ALC887. Later I noticed that for pretty much the same price I could have bought an ASUS TUF B550 Plus which has ALC1200. So am i going to notice any difference in sound with the same setup between any of these 3 motherboards?

 

[Lutfij]

Since you have the board in your build, I'd advise on trying it out and seeing if you can hear/feel the difference. personally, I'd opt for the latest and I'm sort of nitpicky with audio.