Quote Originally Posted by poppachubby
Looking closely at the EMU specs, you'll notice an asterick. For a Mac, the dac will output 96k for analog but only 48k for digital. Looks to me like the Creative will ouput in full 96k. I would say if you have a reciver capable of a digital input, the Creative is by far the way to go unless you require the hardware features of the EMU.

Just be aware if you're using the CD digital input of a receiver, you will be limited to 16b/48khz. This is still an amazing rate and your audio will sound brilliant!
It's a pity that cgibsong002 hasn't given us more information about his computer, the receiver he's gettng, and exactly how he expects to use a sound card. We could be more helpful if we know these things.