I need one of those, too.
Only mine needs to have a coax connection on it, which limits me to the eighty pounds plus category.

My bottom hasn't declenched enough to allow me to spend the money yet.
( Kroney, Wed 28 Sep 2011, 16:55, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

I just need something that has proper drivers
as my onboard card doesn allow me reduce teh base, rendering my speakers pretty useless as the subwoofer makes it impossible to listen to films.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 28 Sep 2011, 17:02, Reply)

The annoying thing is, I don't need the card to do any actual processing
just to shunt it along to the amp. The way things are wired up though, I've run out of TOSLINK ports. You don't get sky boxes or ps3s with coaxial ports, so I need the soundcard to have one.

Bent.
( Kroney, Wed 28 Sep 2011, 17:04, Reply)

Thats sad.
Maybe you could just get yourself a bit of bell wire, and solder an eigth jack from your headphone socket into the aux point of your amp?
(Bazongaloid, Wed 28 Sep 2011, 17:07, Reply)

Yeah, I could
But the sound card's an old XFi one. It's out of support so I'll have to replace it eventually anyway
( Kroney, Wed 28 Sep 2011, 17:09, Reply)

Fair enough
if you're gonna spend £80 on a sound card though, you might as well just buy a brand new computer.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 28 Sep 2011, 17:11, Reply)

Hah, believe me, I've done the maths.
I'll probably have to replace it all before too much longer, it's an old socket type etc. If I were to do that, I'd just replace the motherboard and CPU and make sure I got a mobo with a coax out on it.

That's partly what's been staying my hand.
( Kroney, Wed 28 Sep 2011, 17:15, Reply)