Hello as the title says my sound BlasterX G6’s USB socket is becoming more and more unreliable by the week! It has served me well for the last 5-6 years but I feel like I need to look out for alternatives to replace it.
My use case for the G6 was as a DAC (to feed headphone amp and Speakers) and also audio mixer for simultaneously have pc and console (optical in required) audio. Mainly use Linux so a device not reliant would be preferred! I have been looking for the last few days but have not found alternatives that are not much more expensive than 170€+ and reliant on software to set up. Is it unrealistic to find smth suitable for my use case at below 120€ range?
Currently how I set up the audio route for consoles:
