Good day.
Perhaps someone would have an idea or a direction to point to. For years now all my music and video collections are digitized. They sit in a high-performance PC I built myself.
Connected to several LED TVs from 32 to 80 inches. This PC is the only device I use to listen to music and watch video content.
It is connected to a high-end Yamaha RX-A8A Aventage Series 11.2 AV Receiver. I have no need for a DAC. Anything I need to do with audio output of the computer is handled by that Yamaha receiver, be it headphones, 7.1 Surround, 7 channel stereo, multi room audio, etc.. The receiver has several digital audio and HDMI inputs and an excellent DAC.
What I have been looking for, for many years, is a high-end USB external sound card. There are a multitude on the market, all have ill-fated DACs and questionable engineering.
PC motherboards onboard sound cards are the same. There are some decent PCI or PCIe audio cards you can get to install in a slot inside a PC but not very practical in my case.
I would use that same USB external sound card on laptops I also own, when I'm not at home. Most modern stadium rental PA/sound systems have mixer consoles with audio digital inputs.
I know Roland makes Edirol UA-25 but again, has a so so DAC/ADC, maybe bypassed when using digital output, not sure.
You can find USB to coaxial/SPDIF optical AC3 DTS 5.1, 7.1 converter adapter sound card on eBay, no DAC, but only the one, from China...
That's what I need, PC USB external sound card, USB input from a PC to digital audio outputs, coax and/or optical, no DAC. Not many models I could find, only the one on eBay...
Hablamos pronto
Perhaps someone would have an idea or a direction to point to. For years now all my music and video collections are digitized. They sit in a high-performance PC I built myself.
Connected to several LED TVs from 32 to 80 inches. This PC is the only device I use to listen to music and watch video content.
It is connected to a high-end Yamaha RX-A8A Aventage Series 11.2 AV Receiver. I have no need for a DAC. Anything I need to do with audio output of the computer is handled by that Yamaha receiver, be it headphones, 7.1 Surround, 7 channel stereo, multi room audio, etc.. The receiver has several digital audio and HDMI inputs and an excellent DAC.
What I have been looking for, for many years, is a high-end USB external sound card. There are a multitude on the market, all have ill-fated DACs and questionable engineering.
PC motherboards onboard sound cards are the same. There are some decent PCI or PCIe audio cards you can get to install in a slot inside a PC but not very practical in my case.
I would use that same USB external sound card on laptops I also own, when I'm not at home. Most modern stadium rental PA/sound systems have mixer consoles with audio digital inputs.
I know Roland makes Edirol UA-25 but again, has a so so DAC/ADC, maybe bypassed when using digital output, not sure.
You can find USB to coaxial/SPDIF optical AC3 DTS 5.1, 7.1 converter adapter sound card on eBay, no DAC, but only the one, from China...
That's what I need, PC USB external sound card, USB input from a PC to digital audio outputs, coax and/or optical, no DAC. Not many models I could find, only the one on eBay...
Hablamos pronto