[antonyfirst]

I need a cheeeap transport for the DAC I have bought. It uses coax connectors, hence I need a transport with that out. I suppose digital outs are all the same qualities, but anyway I want to spend as little as possible (maybe even 20$). I am not interested in the analog output of the card, since I won't use it. I will mount the transport on the mainboard. My computer uses a standard PCI slot (not PCI express).

Thanks for your help.

Tony

 

[antonyfirst]

Anyone?

 

[AlexP]

Does your computer have USB ports? Or is it that old?

 

[Xan7hos]

Apples have a mini-optical out, so a mini-optical to regular optical cable should solve your problems. Also, you might want to see if there are USB to Coaxial converters

 

[krmathis]

The HagUSB looks exactly like the device you want.
Hagerman Technology LLC: HagUsb USB to SPDIF Audiophile Converter

The price don't really come down to your limit though. Its $129 fully assembled, and $49 as a DIY kit

 

[antonyfirst]

I asked for a non-usb transport because I thought USB degrades the signal. How much truth lies in this statement?

 

[krmathis]

Quote:

Originally Posted by antonyfirst /img/forum/go_quote.gif I asked for a non-usb transport because I thought USB degrades the signal. How much truth lies in this statement?

Sorry, but I have not seen you mentioning non-USB at all.. Until this post.
You asked for a computer transport with coax out, which as far as I can tell the HagUSB (or similar) have.

Finding a PCI sound card with coax out for $20 would be a challenge.

 

[shartyA]

Quick question:
is a cheap transport ($20+) or a HagUsb an upgrade to a stock imac sound card when used as a transport? I'm trying to decide if there's any benefit to running a transport other than my sound card to my DAC for better music and gaming.

 

[sdfx]

I found one, SND-P8CH 7.1 Channel PCI Sound Card - SND-P8CH - Buy.com cheapest I could find under $20 with a coax S/PDIF output

 

[joe_cool]

Quote:

Originally Posted by sdfx /img/forum/go_quote.gif I found one, SND-P8CH 7.1 Channel PCI Sound Card - SND-P8CH - Buy.com cheapest I could find under $20 with a coax S/PDIF output

This is optical only if I understand corrrectly. IMHO this is not as good as coax but in some cases better than USB. A good coax SPDIF requires a pulse transformer in the source transmitter which is not usually found in low cost sound cards.

 

[krmathis]

Quote:

Originally Posted by sdfx /img/forum/go_quote.gif I found one, SND-P8CH 7.1 Channel PCI Sound Card - SND-P8CH - Buy.com cheapest I could find under $20 with a coax S/PDIF output

Nice price indeed.
But sadly it don't have coax digital out, just optical using a TOSLINK connector.

 

[antonyfirst]

Quote:

Originally Posted by krmathis /img/forum/go_quote.gif Sorry, but I have not seen you mentioning non-USB at all.. Until this post. You asked for a computer transport with coax out, which as far as I can tell the HagUSB (or similar) have. Finding a PCI sound card with coax out for $20 would be a challenge.

Yup, I didn't mention "no USB" espicitly, but that was what I meant when I said that I wanted to mount the transport on the mainboard.

 

[julius_the_cat]

If you have decided to use SPDIF, Siig SoundWave 7.1 PCI IC-710012 cards are available for under $40 with bit perfect coaxial ouput with cmediadrivers - Google Code. Negatives: a few years old and doesn't meet your budget.

 

[sdfx]

Oh lol was in a rush sry didn't see it lol. Yeah it's gonna be over your budget to get a card with coax then.

 

[slwiser]

Quote:

Originally Posted by antonyfirst /img/forum/go_quote.gif I asked for a non-usb transport because I thought USB degrades the signal. How much truth lies in this statement?

I do not think the signal is degraded at all when I use either my HagUSB or M-Audio USB Audiophile interfaces for my Lavry DA10.