bonesinc
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I know, this has been asked a million times before. But I do need some advise in picking a reasonable priced soundcard with bitperfect coaxial s/pdif output.
Up till now I was using a Sonica Theater (which I bought cheap) USB soundcard.
I'm still having problems with hickups, pop, clicks in the digital output. Playback is done by foobar. I have tried numerous things to solve this problem permanently but to no avail. I'm tired of trying. It has to go, so please no suggestions on solving my problems, just advise on something new.
This is what I want/need, nothing more, nothing less:
- bitperfect coaxial spdif output (input is nice too but not important)
- up to 24 bits / 96 kHz
- AC3 throughput is not needed, just stereo is fine
- pricing well below €60
- I prefer PCI but a GOOD usb is fine too
I'm aware of the existence of the Chaintech AV-710 but this one does not have coaxial spdif output and is pretty hard to come by in The Netherlands.
I'm not in any way interested in the analog output quality.
I know that there are a lot of pci/usb soundcards who qualify but not at the price I'm looking for. I don't want to spend over €100 for just coaxial s/pdif output from my PC.
Maybe it doesn't exist. If that's the case, I'm willing to drop my need for 24/96 to 48/16 but I'd rather not.
My eyes hurt from searching the net.
Thanks for reading.
Up till now I was using a Sonica Theater (which I bought cheap) USB soundcard.
I'm still having problems with hickups, pop, clicks in the digital output. Playback is done by foobar. I have tried numerous things to solve this problem permanently but to no avail. I'm tired of trying. It has to go, so please no suggestions on solving my problems, just advise on something new.
This is what I want/need, nothing more, nothing less:
- bitperfect coaxial spdif output (input is nice too but not important)
- up to 24 bits / 96 kHz
- AC3 throughput is not needed, just stereo is fine
- pricing well below €60
- I prefer PCI but a GOOD usb is fine too
I'm aware of the existence of the Chaintech AV-710 but this one does not have coaxial spdif output and is pretty hard to come by in The Netherlands.
I'm not in any way interested in the analog output quality.
I know that there are a lot of pci/usb soundcards who qualify but not at the price I'm looking for. I don't want to spend over €100 for just coaxial s/pdif output from my PC.
Maybe it doesn't exist. If that's the case, I'm willing to drop my need for 24/96 to 48/16 but I'd rather not.
My eyes hurt from searching the net.
Thanks for reading.