> ESI Julia XTe places Envy24HT-S on PCIe via TENOR TE7009 PCI-to-PCIe > bridge, which is transparent bridge. so, it should work right away, > because PCIe-to-PCI conversion is entirely transparent from audio > driver point of view - it will be recognized by the driver as ESI > Julia on PCI, i.e. exactly like the old card. however, one potential > problem (but it's very unlikely) is issues with PCIe-to-PCI chip in > use in OpenBSD - i have such in the past, even though that was on > different favor of *BSD, as well it was many years ago and it could be > already fixed, but here is the old case for reference:
Thanks for the info. If I buy this card -- I'm still in doubt whether to use this card or the onboard S/PDIF with external DAC -- I will let the list know the results. Kind regards, Martijn Rijkeboer
