Timo, you're right, using the soundcards ins/outs as send/returns would simplify things a bit, eh? Maybe I'll give going mixerless a try. I can always just grab 4 inputs of my soundcard and use them for the 2 stereo busses of the Yammy.
HC, my eldest daughter pushed in the tweeter dome of my nearfield when she was 2! It really pissed me off, but luckily my neighbor had this mini handheld vaccumm that had low suction power (God knows why) and it pulled the dome back out safe and sound. A sound guy I know here in town said that even if it stayed "stuck in" that it didn't affect the sound of the speaker, so fuck it.
Cheers!
-Alex