Why exactly is that?
I'm perfectly happy with a 1/8" to RCA cable and my pcDI.
Some on-board audio input/outputs are pretty clean, and some are atrociously noisy. No telling until you try it.
I have a Macbook Pro and have worked in labs where the 1/8" out of the computer is used for audio out...any reading/writing of the hard drive and/or heavy duty processing can be heard plain and clear (not something you want for a critical function). I have noticed this with the Mac G5 desktops in our Digital Media Arts lab.
My Macbook Pro is fine and suffers from none of those problems. The only thing I have noticed with critical listening is that the "mute" button seems to be a digital control, not analog, so the output is never truly muted. I have used my Mbox 2 successfully for an audio out (at increased resolution, nonetheless) and was pleased. 24-bit/48kHz is plenty for playback.
Best of luck and a BIG +1 for the Whirlwind PCDI or a ProCo iFace
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