I've just upgraded to a B550-I ITX board and in the process failed to check it had an optical out.
With my old PC I was using active Kef LSX speakers via optical along with a gaming headset (GSP 500) connected via the rear headphone/mic jack, and switching between outputs in windows when required.
I'm looking to find a USB DAC/Headphone amp (with mic input) that I can also use as a digital pass-through to the speakers, or if that's not an option a device with a line out I can put into the aux jack instead.
It looks like there are a couple of creative options (x3, x-fi hd, x-fi surround) but they seem a bit plastic-y. Is there anything slightly better (£100-200ish)?
With my old PC I was using active Kef LSX speakers via optical along with a gaming headset (GSP 500) connected via the rear headphone/mic jack, and switching between outputs in windows when required.
I'm looking to find a USB DAC/Headphone amp (with mic input) that I can also use as a digital pass-through to the speakers, or if that's not an option a device with a line out I can put into the aux jack instead.
It looks like there are a couple of creative options (x3, x-fi hd, x-fi surround) but they seem a bit plastic-y. Is there anything slightly better (£100-200ish)?