Thanks for your help, I have decided to spend some more money and invest in a CD player that can accept digital in, convert and then send to a pre amp, costly but should work well.
\Thanks again.
cb
The asus xonar Dx2 analog outputs work pretty good as you mentioned.
I have recently purchased a Asus Xonar DX2 and am looking at connecting the Spdif output to an analog input to my Cambridge Audio Pre Amp.
What converter would I need to allow this to work.
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks for your input.
Cb