Quote: From this specific sound card i cannot say for sure, but using specs below the minimum and for high bit rates, i'm pretty sure you will have some sort of problems, like digital "clicks".   Also bare in mind that this card beeing an usb card, will require more from the pc than...

 Is it possible to feed the power from two separate sources? I bet that if the soundcard is connected to a pc, and at the same time to a gaming console, and then turning off the pc, the power isnt cut to the soundcard. This should prevent the reset of the sound card and the mute of the spdif...