> As you are familiar with USB alsa support, can you recommend an USB > device with the only demands to have SPDIF (coaxial or optic) 96/24 > in/out? I never used SPDIF, but at least the UA-25 can be run @ 24/96 (but then not in full duplex mode) and it features digital I/O (not sure if it is SPDIF). Ask Google for details. Here's a link to the device (no, I'm not paid by Thomann ;-) : http://www.thomann.de/thoiw2_edirol_ua25_usb_audio_prodinfo.html Best regards ce