It doesn't use a sound card, but (I'm assuming from the pic of a wire exiting through an expansion slot) the onboard S/PDIF interface to send the bits to an external DAC.
ClubNeon,
this is the part I'm most confused with. If I'm sending the signal to my Emotiva USP-1 preamp, do I really need a sound card other than for the ASIO support? Why would I then need an Essence STX, when I could go for the Asus Xonar DS at a quarter of the cost?
I'm going to pose the question to the cMP2/Cplay forumers (is that even a word?) and see what they think.
Geez, I wish there were an easier way to search through and view forums! The internet has changed so much, yet forum structure and design is still archaic!
fLuid
