@djones51 - Yep. That makes sense. If I can't get it to behave with Win8 that's what I'm going to do. Bummer that laptops don't have SPDIF or Toslink outs.... :-)
@fuzztone - I'm not sure a streamer will "blow away" any computer sound. Where's the evidence of that? I didn't notice any difference with the Node 2i.
@fuzztone - I'm not sure a streamer will "blow away" any computer sound. Where's the evidence of that? I didn't notice any difference with the Node 2i.