[cirrus18]

My AVR doesn't support these audio formats, DOLBY TRUE HD, DTS-HD,SACD,DVD-A,
so instead of buying a new one I thought I might update to a media centre with a good soundcard that supports these formats.

I really want something with good audiophile hi-fi properties. I listen to a lot of stereo classical CDs so it must excel in this field.

I want to use the soundcard virtually as a preamp and only have audio frequencies going to five separate Hypex class-d power amplifiers. The soundcard would do all the digital decoding. IS THIS POSSIBLE?
Balanced outputs would be nice but not necessary.

I don't want to spend too much money, looking on this forum some of the soundcards cost over £500. Way beyond my budget.

Any suggestions please? Your suggestions will be greatly received.






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