[LAU] surround sound with stereo usb DACs?

[Frank Barknecht]

Hallo,
Bearcat M. ??andor hat gesagt: // Bearcat M. ??andor wrote:

> I'm slowly building a hi-fi surround system around Trends Audio products. They 
> have a nice, little, stereo usb DAC. I am really only looking at wanting 4 
> channels for now. I have something like 8 usb2 ports on this computer so i 
> have plenty.
> 
> Can i have my player (xine or mplayer or what have you)  decode the signal be 
> it dolby digital, dts, or the blu-ray formats (ha) into channels and then send 
> (right and left) out of one usb port and (right rear and left rear) out of a 
> second usb port to a pair of these stereo DACs.  I assume if i eventually 
> wanted an 8 channel system i could so the same thing with more channels?

To make a long story short: Forget it! 

Google "el cheapo soundcard" for the long story.

It's better to invest in a real multi channel soundcard, something like
the M-Audio Delta 1010.

Ciao
-- 
Frank