my sound card is dieing(rear output for 5.1 audio isn't working) and its out of warranty and i can't decide which card should i get to replace it...
requirements:
Digital IN(optical, not coax) <- total must for me
Digital out(optical, not coax)
7.1 output
would be nice:
support for Front panel from creative fatality champion series.
positioning of sound is more important than sound quality, but it would be nice if quality was great too.
I would get Xonar card... but not even of them one has digital in, out and 7.1 output...
also - my headphones are getting close to death too - i'll try to fix them but cable is broken in most annoying spot to fix..