"Ed" wrote in message
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Hi everyone,

I'm building a new pc and would appreciate your views on soundcards.

I'm looking for something that can give my hy-fi a decent input , so
looking for a stereo analog output (maybe s/pdif too).
Don't care about inputs to the PC. PCI - not USB.

Why not USB?


must be about as good as it gets for a soundcard - fed up with crap audio
out of the pc (!)


If you *really* want the best possible stereo audio, then forget about
analogue outputs from PCI cards. Use SPDIF and an external DAC; the little
£17 USB connected "soundcard" from Maplin offers an SPDIF output and works
as well as anything.


David.