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As far as I can tell, the only inputs to the DAC707 are S/PDIF over coax and toslink. I have no idea what the purpose of the RJ-45 connector labeled "ctl" might be. Hope your sound card or laptop has an S/PDIF out.
Is it a RJ45? Never heard of it. I just saw what looked like a E-port and worked with it. Though I use my 707 with my CD player right now anyway, so its not a big deal.
I am I guess more curious about how this is done, via USB, Toslik etc. I don't think foobar makes it easy. Mabey someone else has tried
http://av123forum.com/showthread.php?s=cfb406cdd74073fe17d3f4bbbf98aa3d&t=28758&page=2
audiomangus(Mike) says "The RJ45-looking jack is for balanced input. (We're making up some special cables with XLR terminations for these. "
Probably aes/ebu.
If your computer's motherboard does not have an integrated digital output (TosLink or Coax) you will need to add a soundcard that has the necessary outputs. Foobar happily works with any soundcard.
Good catch ScottGardner!
I have to say I really don't understand this design choice, there is no AES3 hardware standard embracing the RJ45 connector so why not just use a normal 3-pin XLR? Impedance is the key characteristic for AES3 and I can only imagine it will be very hard to ensure correct impedance matching with this connector.
And 'CTL' for a balanced digital input??