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I've done a bit of searching on these forums and have found topics tangential to my question, but not quite what I needed. So here goes.
I am getting the Astro Mixamp 5.8 (which takes only optical input) and need an optical out from my laptop (which only has 3.5mm stereo jacks now, no optical). I also have (from more than 6 years ago) an ancient Zalman 5.1 USB sound card (this one) which has optical out. The output will be my DT-990's.
All of the DAC processing will be handled by the Astro Tx unit, so I just need a device to do a USB -> Optical conversion.
My question is, does it make a difference whether I use this Zalman card, a Behringer UCA202, Creative X-Fi USB Surround or similar device to convert my USB signal to optical? My guess is that it is a digital-digital signal conversion, so the answer should be that it does Not make a difference. Anyone else think otherwise?
Thanks!
I am getting the Astro Mixamp 5.8 (which takes only optical input) and need an optical out from my laptop (which only has 3.5mm stereo jacks now, no optical). I also have (from more than 6 years ago) an ancient Zalman 5.1 USB sound card (this one) which has optical out. The output will be my DT-990's.
All of the DAC processing will be handled by the Astro Tx unit, so I just need a device to do a USB -> Optical conversion.
My question is, does it make a difference whether I use this Zalman card, a Behringer UCA202, Creative X-Fi USB Surround or similar device to convert my USB signal to optical? My guess is that it is a digital-digital signal conversion, so the answer should be that it does Not make a difference. Anyone else think otherwise?
Thanks!