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Default Re: Terratec or On-board sound?
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Originally Posted by talsilo View Post
I have been using this excellent audio card Terratec EWX 2496 for the last 4 years or so. It feeds into Marantz PM7200 amp which drives Monitor Audio S6 speakers. But currently, it is giving me some problems. It stops/BSODs, etc.

Technology has changed a lot in the last few years. Want to know how good is the current on-board sound-cards compared to this terratec. Currently my onboard is Realtek HD that comes on G31 Asus m/b.

I tried doing an A/B comparison, but wasn't sure which was better. In the long run, I hope to get a USB DAC like Benchmark or a Lavry Da11 DAC.

Can anybody help?
ANalogue outs - big difference.
Optical out - not that big a difference.
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