Which Sound Cards have a Digital Out

[MrJTQ]

I am in the market for a new sound card and wanted to know which one has digital out. I want to hook it up to a minidisc player. Thanks!

 

[John]

SB Live! Series

 

[Lore]

Don't minidisc players generally use optical out?

 

[LXi]

MD players actually have optical in.

 

[MrJTQ]

Thanks all,

I received the Sony MZ-R70PC as a gift. It includes the USB PCLink but it only record in analog. I was planning on skipping it and using the TOSLink cable connected to the digital out of the sound card. BTW does that include the Live! Value card. Thanks again.

 

[dcdomain]

TOSlink cable is optical out... MD recorder/players accept the miniplug, so you'll need a cable with TOSlink on one ened, and a miniplug or miniplug adapter on the other end, since almost everything else uses a TOSlink. You can get the Platinum 5.1 (soundblaster) which comes with the Live!Drive IR with optical output in front, or just get a soundblaster live! value and get a Hoontech (hoontech.com) add-on card for another 20 bucks...

 

[Insane3D]

The Philips Acoustic Edge has digital in and out, but no optical. The only card that has toslink connectivity that I know of is the SB Live 5.1 with the Live Drive.

 

[Wizkid]

I have a hoontech card hooked up to my SB Live MP3+ and the optical out on that card works great.

 

[SUOrangeman]

Turtle Beach Santa Cruz and most later Vortex2 cards have digital-out options.

-SUO

 

[Redwingsguy]

The Vortex2 superquad has Optical out and the Xitel Soundcard does too, but I dont think any computer optical outs have auto tracking like cd player optical outs, I know my superquad doesnt, but I think those Xitel DG1's are capable of doing digital tracks!

 

[CalebTG]

The Aopen AW744 Pro has an optical output, you can get it at mwave.com for $35 shipped, and it comes with an optical cable and a mini plug converter.

for $35 shipped with a cable and converter, it can't be beat.


Other card that contain toslinks:
SbLive! Platinum 5.1
Sblive! (any series) with a hoontech add-on card
Aureal SuperQuad PCI OEM (only works in windows9x for most people), can find for about $40, but without cable.