[somepig]

nobody uses analog audio out in an HTPC use case. You send digital audio streams out the HDMI port.

Even a low end external ADC is going to greatly outperform anything RPi could ship onboard for a reasonable cost, and even if they did ship something onboard, at this point it would almost certainly just be a USB ADC, but onboard.

[fulafel]

Many people use analog audio because it's good value when you have old amps lying around. Most htpc users aren't audiophiles.