zerocoolhifi
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I am looking for a Headphone DAC solution for my computer. I have a Creative X-fi xtreme sound card with Optical out. I am using one of the line outs from the sound card to go to a separate amp and 2.1 system. I am now looking to setup a separate Headphone system. I want to use the headphones or 2.1 speaker system without having to change devices or any settings like that on the pc whether I am listening to spotify, fubar or whatever else I want as a software source. Sound I use the optical out of the sound card (will this be jitter free and untouched digital by the sound card) or is it better to use a USB output on the pc (my fear with USB is that I will have to change devices, sound card to USB, in order to switch between the 2.1 of the sound card to the USB for the headphones). Many thanks.