Hiya
A bit out of topic, but...
I got 2 RME 9636 card which gives me 2 spdif i/o and as I understand it,
reading in RME manuals etc the spdif can also send/receive at 'profesional level'
by checking a box in the RME i/f dialog. I have not tried that yet, but I am planing to use an external digital comp that only have AES, with this scenario. I do however have to make 2 spdif to/from AES cables to make it work. Anyone that has tried this? It might eliminate the need of a spdif to/from AES converter.