On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 5:16 PM, Tim E. Real <termtech@rogers.com> wrote:

Are you talking about straight converters with either no, or just local

level controls, aka regular old SPDIF converters? Sure, I understand.

by "external converters" i was referring to A/D and/or D/A circuitry housed separately from the audio interface, and which communicates with the audio interface via some standard or proprietary digital protocol such as ADAT, S/PDIF, MADI etc. etc.