Sound Cards, which one? RME 9632 or Lynx AES-16 or RME HDSP AES-32?

[jadis192]

I am going to be building my own PC and need help on these sound cards. I will be running out direct into a Wadia 521 GNSC Modded DAC. I had an Esoteric D05 but preferred the Wadia significantly. Wadia says to run glass optical, which starts me thinking if I run the RME 9632 it has optical outs already, then I can just run it direct to the Wadia. If I don't run optical I can still run AES/EBU digital directly out of the 9632. The other RME as well as the Lynx obviously can run digital out AES/EBU. I really don't care about my connection type, just looking for the best sound quality.

 

I am after best sound possible and have heard a lot of things about the Lynx, but the thing is so long it won't fit in the PC I am trying to build. The RME will. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks all

 

[DSD_mastering]

We use Lynx AES16 cards in most of our computers in the studio. The only RME card I"ve used is the MADI card, which was great as well. You can't go wrong with either, though our preference is towards Lynx

 

 

Regards,