As a side note, I have had a good time recently with a Valab USB-to-S/PDIF converter that sells for about $60 on eBay. Using it, I discovered that a good USB cable makes a worthwhile difference.
USB to SPDIF Reclocking Adapter?
I noticed a Mapleshade device as described above for $189.00 in their latest catalogue.
As "jitter" is often described as the key limitation in PC based audio, I was wondering if this might help me create a very simple PC playback chain?
So far, I have experimented with WAV files ripped from EAC, and played back through Foobar, using USB out to an external DAC.
Thank you,