So I'm building a new HTPC. Currently mine doesn't have enough HP to do hi-def well enough for my tastes. Anyway, I find myself slot limited as in my mobo has SPDIF output but via a header which ...

The CS42518/28 are multi-channel audio codecs featuring S/PDIF receiver and a recovered S/PDIF clock or OMCK system clock selection. It is available with system sampling rates up to 192 kHz and ...

Well, the difference would be that you'd use your speakers DAC instead of the DAC on the sound card. Now neither are probably very high quality, but if you use the speaker's DAC there should be less ...

Given the variety of… uh, non-traditional hardware that’s connected to my home theater, I’ve found the ground isolation provided by optical TOSLINK connections pretty handy. After poking around a bit, ...

Monoprice Component & S/PDIF Digital Coax/Optical Toslink Audio to HDMI Converter does what it says. While it isn't without its quirks, it does work. Mostly. Monoprice has a singular reputation in the ...