D/A conversion inside the PC does not always mean jitter and noise. The LynxTwo series of PCI cards has very little noise and some of the best sounding DACs I've heard. Unfortunately, the LynxTwo series is not supported by Alsa, only OSS. Alan > Thanx Paul. Here is what i am trying to do. I want to use my > computer as a > front end in a multi-channel system with a little as possible > between it and > the amplifiers for purities sake. I do not want D/A conversion > inside the PC > as that is noisy and jittery. I do not want to use spdif or toslink > as those > are also jittery (or so i understand).