Thanks for the info Rob. My cable run would be around 40 feet and it would easily be routable through the basement. Is there anything to look for / avoid when shopping for a sound card to send a digital signal to an HT setup?
Is there a limitation to the length of cable I can run from a digital out on a soundcard to my pre/pro? I'm not really up to speed on newer sound cards. What flavor is the typical digital out, coax or optical? I'm trying to find a simple way to play tunes stored on my PC on my HT setup.