Do exist audiophile PCIe DAC cards?

[Miska]

The EVGA NU Audio card is really good performer.

 

[Miska]

1 hour ago, Gregory said:

From the RME you can check https://rme-audio.com/internal-cards.html
but probably overkill for just audio playback

 

I have couple of RME HDSPe AIO cards, but I have those primarily for the digital input reasons. They work OK as ADC and DAC too, but the DAC side is capable of only 192/24 PCM and not as fancy as the EVGA which can do up to 384/32 PCM and DSD256.

 

[Miska]

6 minutes ago, phusis said:

It's a shame the EVGA doesn't sport other S/PDIF outputs like coax or balanced AES/EBU, other than Toslink. My RME9632 does, but it doesn't fit into the PCI slot of my new Gigabyte Z390D mobo. The Lynx AES16e fits the bill, but it's not cheap..

 

I have couple of RME HDSPe AIO cards for that purpose...