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No, it's me. I tend to complicate things because I am evil...

Frank:

PC Audio does not have to be complicated.

For 2-channel, you either go USB or SPDIF out to a good DAC or you go with a good analog out card like the Lynx2b. Then you decide whether or not you want to use the PC for DSP upsampling, digital room correction, and/or crossover functions. If you go DSP for crossover functions, you either get a Lynx2b (and use all six channels) or Lynx AES16. Digital or analog out. Pick your poison.

Oh. By the way. I think the Lynx 2B is 2-in 6-out. I think the way they make them is 4in/4out (A model) 2in/6out (B model) and 6in/2out (C model) There *IS NO* 8 out model. So I don't understand why you are "losing 2 channels with the lynx and getting 6" thing. You never had 8 to begin with. But I do understand the losing 2 out of 6 concern. NO! I don't think you will lose two out of six with the Lynx - there are many guys tri-amping using ASIO with the Lynx but please to confirm with Jan at Thuneau before you buy. Using the Allocator requires there to be a ASIO software mixer input to which one can stream audio from an output plugin of a software player. I know guys are using the Lynx analog cards with the Allocator but I'm not sure how many channels they are using. Best is to be sure.

Now, as I said, with the X-fi, you "lose" 2 out of 8 (getting the audio stream onto the ASIO bus) but you still get six! ;) And then you STILL get full-range out of the Front left/right ANALOG output, but to use them with another crossover (or just for headphones or something) you would need to do latency compensation. The digital output is useless though - it's the input signal plus all of the individual crossover channels summed up and happening after the process delay. (The Allocator and Arbitrator processes take TIME which means using the full range input signal for additional external functions is possible but would take some delay aka latency compenstation. No big deal if you really needed it though - just dial in the some delay on the external crossover and use an impulse test to line the two up.)

For multi-channel, you once again have two choices - digial or analog out. But when it comes to the crossover game, for multi-channel I'd say it would be better to stay external - even if you are hell bent on going active UNLESS you are a PC / software / programmer guru.

Sorry for my babbling. I'm worse than ever the last few days. I've been tired, more verbose than usual (if at all possible) and retyping what I am writing and backspacing so much I think I'm getting tired of being tired.

Is that ringing inside my head? Oh. It's just the fridge. Phew.

Cheers,
Presto

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