[TriLUG] S/PDIF coax out via USB?

[Brian Phelps]

The m-audio audiophile works under ubuntu, but is discontinued.  

How bout the Tascam US-144?

On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 10:01 -0400, Michael Hrivnak wrote:
> I think that could be fine, except I need S/PDIF over coax, not optical.  
> Thanks for the suggestion though.
> 
> Michael
> 
> On Tuesday 27 May 2008 03:11:26 Joseph Tate wrote:
> > I have had a couple of coworkers give great reviews to the turtle
> > beach USB Audio card:
> > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829118107
> > It's USB, has a 3.5mm headphone jack, and an adapter to S/PDIF
> > optical, and it works with newer kernels.  If that's too lowbrow for
> > you, you can spend thousands more to get incrementally better sound,
> > but I don't have any links to that gear right off hand.
> >
> > On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 11:36 PM, Michael Hrivnak <mhrivnak at hrivnak.org> 
> wrote:
> > > I am looking for an audio device to use with Ubuntu that connects with
> > > USB and has S/PDIF coax out.  I could also go with firewire, but USB is
> > > more convenient.  Suggestions?  This will drive a high-performance
> > > 2-channel stereo system.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Michael
>