Looking for bit-perfect S/PDIF transport for PC

[FallenAngel]

Hey guys,

Just as the title says, I'm looking for a bit-perfect transport for PC. 99% chance it would be a soundcard as having a USB-SPDIF converter will only support 16Bit/48kHz and I want 24/96 or 24/192. I remember the Chaintech AV-710 as it was a fantastic choice and cheap, but now they aren't available for less than $60 shipped off ebay which brings me to this question. What recommendations do you have for a bit-perfect soundcard with coaxial S/PDIF output. I am obviously not interested in the DAC or output stage of the card, nor am I interested in how it sounds, my only concern is that it offers bit-perfect through S/PDIF.

Yes, the AV-710 is 24/96 Optical, and I would consider this option, but I would prefer Coaxial vs Optical (I can DIY the cable and make things true 75-ohm using BNC).

Thanks in advance.

[1UP]

Roland U.S. - UA-1EX: USB Audio Interface

[FallenAngel]

Originally Posted by 1UP

Roland U.S. - UA-1EX: USB Audio Interface

Thanks for the link, but as I said before, I'm not looking for a usb interface as it would either require custom drivers or would have to go through KMixer to reach that level of resolution.

One thing I did forget to mention was that I'm looking for Coaxial S/PDIF.

Hopefully it will also be inexpensive

[Ech0]

M-Audio Audiophile 24/96 with coax/spdif out via a breakout cable.

[1UP]

Well there's nothing much cheaper than the Chaintech.

Maybe you should be looking for a used card - usual suspects, E-Mu, M-Audio, ESI, Audiotrak....

[d-cee]

well, the chaintek only had bit perfect with hacked firmware, and even then it was optical only

E-MU 0404 PCI - the forgotten brother of the 0404 USB. They should be available for peanuts in the US iirc you can get them for ~USD$70

OTOH the 0404 USB is great but recently went up in price, and if you have USB2.0 will support up to 24/96

[1UP]

I've found you other options

Check out cheap as chips C-Media 8738/8768 based cards.

Then use these modified drivers for bit-perfect output - the wiki lists compatible cards with S/PDIF via coax

[progo]

That's interesting.
As far as I am concerned, I think I will need a cheapish transporter soundcard with support for up to 96kHz, non-oversampling (goes with bit-perfectness I hope) and linux-compability. I would consider it a waste to use my ESI Juli@ as transport as there must be cheapier counterparts.
I am a bit surprised to see how little options is brought up in this thread. Are the bitperfect soundcards that rare? Really?!

[1UP]

Not at all, but the op wanted cheap, 192, and S/PDIF via coax.

There are also AKM based cards from Auzentech, Club3D and Bluegears, but I'm not sure if any use coax.

[slwiser]

Hagtech's HagUSB from Hagerman Technology LLC

You can see this unit here: Hagerman Technology LLC: HagUsb USB to SPDIF Audiophile Converter

Or you can attempt to find a M-Audio Transit or USB Audiophile