Thanks for your detailed response. That chip definitely does seem like a beast that I really don't want to tame...

How about a Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum 16? Those can still be found relatively easily and it's one the cards for which an OSS/Free driver is still kept in the tree. I have a pair of those as well so I'll happily test if you want to write a driver for it...

Yeah, we have a winner. I just ordered one. I'm busy right now but I will get this started in 4 weeks. Thanks for the offer of testing. I'll hunt you down when I have something to show you :)

Ash

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