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PC sound card
#1
Hi, can anyone recommend a sound card for my pc so i can connect via spdif to my phantoms with 24/192 output.
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#2
Pink Faun has one like that (PCIe), but you'll need Toslink optical SPDIF for Phantoms and I don't think Pink Faun has an option for that. Another option is a Mutec MC-3 +USB. Connect USB to your PC and send a reclocked stream from Toslink to Phantoms. Mutec specs it's Toslink to 24/192. Normally Toslink maxes out at 96kHz.

There are quite a few cheap cards out there. Seems geared towards gaming with multi channel and have DA converters.
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#3
Thank you, i will have a look, someone on another forum suggested this as a lower budget connection. https://www.whathifi.com/reviews/audioqu...fly-cobalt
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#4
Here's a cheap USB DAC with optical output.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Hifimediy-9023-...632-2357-0

Will be testing it in a week or two.
Living room: Kii Three/BXT with Control.
Den: Tannoy Precision 8 iDP with TS112 iDP subwoofer.
In the cupboard, waiting for a sibling: 1st gen. Phantom Silver running DOS1
My Phantom Voyage
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#5
Great let me know how it goes, can't see this one in the UK.
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(25-Jan-2022, 16:29)frogster99 Wrote: Thank you, i will have a look, someone on another forum suggested this as a lower budget connection. https://www.whathifi.com/reviews/audioqu...fly-cobalt

I don't think any of the Dragonflies have optical output so will only work with Phantom II, not Phantom I.
The one @ragwo  points to has SPDIF out in a combo 3.5mm/optical jack and is specified to 96kHz.
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Roon, ROCK/Audiolense XO/Music on NAS/EtherRegen/RoPieee/USPCB/ISORegen/USPCB/Sound Devices USBPre2/Tannoy GOLD 8
250 Pro CI, MicroRendu(1.4), Mutec MC-3+USB
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#7
Found this one, think I'm going to give it a try.
CYP USB Digital Audio Converter https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B072KPBLNQ/r...DSMCYNDZRK
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#8
That looks like a very good buy! Hope the 5V from your PC is clean. Please report your findings..
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Roon, ROCK/Audiolense XO/Music on NAS/EtherRegen/RoPieee/USPCB/ISORegen/USPCB/Sound Devices USBPre2/Tannoy GOLD 8
250 Pro CI, MicroRendu(1.4), Mutec MC-3+USB
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(26-Jan-2022, 20:50)ogs Wrote: That looks like a very good buy! Hope the 5V from your PC is clean. Please report your findings..

Should be here for Tuesday next week so I will let you know. Fingered crossed.
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(26-Jan-2022, 20:50)ogs Wrote: That looks like a very good buy! Hope the 5V from your PC is clean. Please report your findings..
Super clean clear sound upto 24/96 anything over that and you get distortion not sure if it's the phantoms that just can't handle it?
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