External soundcard for laptop

[geoffreyc]

Looking to play hi-rez audio files from my VAIO laptop to my Rega DAC, built in soundcard wont go above 44.1Khz, is there an external card somebody can recommend preferably with optical out to use with Rega DAC

 

[philbirch]

Rather than a sound card with an optical out, I would suggest a dedicated USB to SPDIF converter such as the Music Fidelity V-link 192.