a really good sound card for windows vista for dig


i always get great help here.could someone please tell me s good sound card for windows vista,i need to use the digital out to feed into a deqx d to a converter.i get very good sound with the on board dig out,but i know i can do better.any suggestions please.thanks
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Why not get an outboard TRENDS, feed it with your USB out from your computer and then go from there with a digital ic (SPIF or AES/EBU) into your DAC? Beats any soundcard I know.
does the trends have a seperate power supply,i heard this is better than the power from the usb line voltage.