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This seems like a really obvious thing I am somehow missing... but how do you set a default audio device for output? I have like a million, because I have 3 monitors that all support audio passthrough ...

Is the Astell&Kern HC5 worth its premium price, or are you just paying for the logo on a balanced portable USB DAC?

I have a 7.1 USB sound card from Startech with 3 discrete 2ch outputs. It's a Startech ICUSBAUDIO7D. It uses a C-Media CM6206 chipset. I have kind of a weird intended use case for it and I don't know ...