I bought one that's not only discrete, but external: I wanted S/PDIF output, and neither my laptop nor my dock had it. While we hit diminishing returns on outpu

I bought one that's not only discrete, but external: I wanted S/PDIF output, and neither my laptop nor my dock had it. While we hit diminishing returns on output sound quality a long time ago, the occasional physical footprint advantage of a discrete part can be useful.