I can't see any benefit as it is still processed as HDMI at the Emotiva end, so you might as well run HDMI>HDMI. But really, unless you are needing hi-res multi-channel playback, you might be better served with a SPDIF connection (e.g. coaxial or Toslink) if this is available to you. This obviates the need to deal with any video data issues and audio signal often measures better than over HDMI (much depends on the HDMI implementation).[/QUOTE
Thanks. But my PC does not have any other option to output. The only other option is to use USB to coax/toslink converter box, which may not be much better. Later on, I will get a stand alone DAC, which would work fine. But for now I will try HDMI. See what happens. Should be good enough for FLAC files.