Multiple USB Audio Outputs?

Is it possible to set up the mac mini to have multiple USB audio out puts? I'm wanting to use a mini displayport + usb audio > hdmi cable to a plasma for computer use. But is I want to listen to just plain music use USB audio to a DAC into a 2 channel system. So for this system I would need to use 2 USB outputs for music.
Thanks

Sure,
You can output sound through more than one little external USB sound card, but probably not to more than one at a time. You'll have to select the Output in the Sound Preferences each time to switch them, too.
But don't overlook the Mini's internal sound output as one of your 2-channel or 5.1 audio outputs. The 2009 Mini has better audio output than the PPC Mini, that I also had and used an external USB sound card with (M-Audio Transit). Of course, now there are cheap little external USB sound cards that look like a little thumb drive for an added 2-channel audio output. So, I'd use the Mini's internal output and an Optical cable for 5.1 sound out, if I were going to use one of those cheap little sound cards. But you can go the other way, too, if you want, with a better USB dongle (like the M-Audio Transit) for your 5.1 sound.
Please let us all hear how it goes and what path works for your application.
Peace to you,
C. Livingstone

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