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I have the model below the platinum, with the daughterboard rather than the breakout box... and I have mine connected to the DAC via the phono connector (75 ohm)
The SBLive family of cards sample at 48khz which my DAC can also have as an input... although I'm sure I read somewhere that Soundblaster downsamples to 44.1khz...
Either way, it doesn't affect my MP3 listening... with even 128kbps MP3s sounding - whilst not perfect, pretty damned listenable with completely flat tone controls, both within WMP and also the soundcard properties (I think WMP8 has a lot to do with that, because 7 and below and also Winamp imo sound WAY inferior)
The SBLive family of cards sample at 48khz which my DAC can also have as an input... although I'm sure I read somewhere that Soundblaster downsamples to 44.1khz...
Either way, it doesn't affect my MP3 listening... with even 128kbps MP3s sounding - whilst not perfect, pretty damned listenable with completely flat tone controls, both within WMP and also the soundcard properties (I think WMP8 has a lot to do with that, because 7 and below and also Winamp imo sound WAY inferior)