What system are you getting? Most onboard cards now come with optical and are very good if you mean for regular use. HTH, D!J!X! -----Original Message----- From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Smart Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 9:59 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: M-audio fast track pro hi Brian and others. What would you guys recommend for an internal card, something like the M-audio 2496? I have one under XP, and really, all I'm doing with it is sending S/PDIF direct to my Mytek DAC. It works great for that; extremely low latency and of course the external DAC does all the real work. Is there another fairly simple card like that which I can get for the new Win7 machine? Chris PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribe For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribe For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq