BHTX
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I just purchased a new Presonus Central Station to use as a DAC + amp. At the moment, I need a sound card with S/PDIF (toslink/coaxial) outputs (and maybe inputs) to run to the inputs of the Central Station..as I seriously need to build another pc, which I plan to do as soon as budget permits.
So, is it worth spending the money to get a good card when all you're doing is outputting the digital signal to an external DAC? And is an external USB sound card still the better choice in this situation? Or does it really not matter?
Also.. is there any possible way to input a 2nd digital source into the sound card, such as my Dish HD receiver, process it with a DSP or VST plugin (like the Bauer stereophonic-to-binaural headphone plugin that I use with Foobar), and then output that processed digital signal to the Central Station? In other words, is there any way to use this plugin or a similar one to process the digital audio from the toslink output of my Dish receiver before sending it to the DAC inputs?
So, is it worth spending the money to get a good card when all you're doing is outputting the digital signal to an external DAC? And is an external USB sound card still the better choice in this situation? Or does it really not matter?
Also.. is there any possible way to input a 2nd digital source into the sound card, such as my Dish HD receiver, process it with a DSP or VST plugin (like the Bauer stereophonic-to-binaural headphone plugin that I use with Foobar), and then output that processed digital signal to the Central Station? In other words, is there any way to use this plugin or a similar one to process the digital audio from the toslink output of my Dish receiver before sending it to the DAC inputs?