Thankyou for the response sir smile

...thats exactly what I was doing (while attempting SP/DIF passthrough before I knew that was not possible). The stereo sound quality was a lot better than any other PCI sound card I have heard or used. It's a very good, low end pro recording/mixing card. Just doesn't really fit my needs though. Probably try a different solution, since all I am doing is playback of sound files and home theater 5.1 sound.