difference in s/pdif digital coax out?

[Scott_fx]

Hello,

I going to be running spdif out from my via epia m10000 board to an external dac. My question is: is there a difference between using the onboard spdif output compared to one; say, on an m-audio audiophile 192 card?

this is for a car installation so i'd rather not use the pci card if i dont need too but i don't want to sacrifice sound quality if the onboard spdif isn't up to par.


thanks,

scott

 

[darkfenriz]

I've heard, that some cards have their spdif out derived from analog output (nonsense isn't it?). This would be bad. Otherwise there should be no difference.

 

[Scott_fx]

ah, ok. that's what i was thinking too but i wanted to check with the experts to make sure.