Advice on sound card purchase - requires connection to amp

: Hi there,
I would like to connect a sound card upto my amplifier using RCA to RCA connections and not the easy route people would take using theY connector.
What is the best sound card to use to achieve this?

I know that the SB X-Fi Surround 5. bundles a Y connector as it has stereo RCA jacks. See if it suits you for [email protected].

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