I would imagine it will work, BUT my experience has been that the sound of the DAC is extremely dependant on the level of timing jitter coming from the transport, unless the DAC reclocks the data. If your soundcard has low jitter and a good SPDIF interface it could work well. If the soundcard has high data jitter then the DAC alone may offer very little improvement.
Reclocking in DACs under $1000 is a relatively new phenomenon, but you can achieve the same by buying a Monarchy DIP or similar jitter attenuator. They are around $100 used.
So what I'm saying is that you might find that adding the DAC makes surprisingly little difference to the sound quality, but if you were then to add a jitter reducer ala Monarchy DIP between the computer and the DAC then the sound quality will be very much better.
The least expensive reclocking DAC I am aware of is the Benchmark DAC1 at $900. This DAC is said to be quite independant of transport quality.
Reclocking in DACs under $1000 is a relatively new phenomenon, but you can achieve the same by buying a Monarchy DIP or similar jitter attenuator. They are around $100 used.
So what I'm saying is that you might find that adding the DAC makes surprisingly little difference to the sound quality, but if you were then to add a jitter reducer ala Monarchy DIP between the computer and the DAC then the sound quality will be very much better.
The least expensive reclocking DAC I am aware of is the Benchmark DAC1 at $900. This DAC is said to be quite independant of transport quality.