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    6 months ago

    I think SPDIF is being phased out because it needs to use compression to do surround sound.

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      6 months ago

      That’s disappointing, as one of the advantages of SPDIF is no ground loops between the PC and the receiver/amp. Maybe that’s not really as much of a problem now, but it solved that for me years ago and I’ve used it ever since.

      Then again, I don’t have a surround setup, simple stereo is good enough.