Dude, Slow Down...............A simnple Soundblaster Live soundcard
using the digital out to a coaxial input on a receiver produces
excellent sound that beats a d/a convertor to a Denon amplifier.

Check out the recent posts including the detaiils of the new
OutlawAudio receiver using a USB connection where the receiver becomes
your soundcard eliminating the phase differential and noise factor of
multiple shielded cables into an analog amplifier.

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