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Chris Thank you very much for your help. I'll let you know which way I go. By the way, this is just for standard Cds (16/44.1).

Chris I agree with you that I need digital out to use the DAC in my CDP, but all of the converters that I listed provide digital out, some provide only digital out. This is all new to me, and I am probably missing something, but let's look at one example and decide why this is not a good choice. Just for example, http://www.edirol.net/products/en/UA-1D/ The UA1D provides only digital out that would connect to my CDP. My thinking is that all of the money is spent on just converting one form of digital into another form of digital. Well, plus the cost of the cable and case, but no A/D converters, knobs, software etc. Your the expert, but what is the down side to this?

Chris Could you provide a little information on why a sound card would be better than a USB converter. What is the advantage of using a sound card vs. using a USB converter? Is it a matter of noise, jitter, drop outs,etc.

Thanks for the reply. It appears that I should be able to connect using wires for very little money $30 to$100. As far as being hooked on Toslink or S/PDIF, these are the only two digital inputs that are on my CD player. I would like to use my Proceed CDP, as least to get started.

I stumbled across this forumn a few weeks ago and thought someone could offer some suggestions. I can't believe it, but I actually would like to play music from my Gateway Vista computer on my stereo. I would like to use the D/A in my Proceed CDP. I copied the following description of the two inputs from the Proceed's owner manual. I have been looking at USB interfaces. The links for a few of them are shown below. Can anyone suggest a proven method that is CD quality. Following is a description of the two digital inputs to my CD player. EIAJ DIGITAL INPUT This input accepts digital audio conforming to the EIAJ optical (sometimes called “Toslink”) digital interface standard from the EIAJ digital output of a digital FM tuner, compact disc player, laserdisc player, or digital audio recorder. S/PDIF (RCA) DIGITAL INPUT This input accepts digital audio conforming to the 75? S/PDIF digital interface standard (via a cable equipped with RCA-type connectors) from the digital output of a digital FM tuner, compact disc player, laserdisc player, or digital audio recorder. Here is what I was looking at. http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/UA1EX/ http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Transit/ http://www.zzounds.com/item--BEHUCA202 http://www.edirol.net/products/en/UA-1D/ http://www.esi-audio.com/products/u24xl/ http://www.trendsaudio.com/EN/Product/USB_Audio_desc.htm Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks in advance for any and all help.