Cousin Patty
Headphoneus Supremus
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The way I see it... I don't want to have an internal PCI soundcard be better or equal to CDP'S costing thousands of dollars. Listening to music is a huge part of my life and everything but, I like to have shiny pieces of equipment like DACs and amps along side my computer. It wouldnt be any fun if an internal soundcard was able to do everything on its own. Besides, I thought the whole draw of computer based audio was that you didnt have to spend alot of money on a soundcard to get great sound because actually using the sound card as a DAC wasnt necessary? Id rather spend alot of money on high quality external equipment. The best way is to use the PC as a transport to an external DAC. To answer the question, I dont know if the best soundcard is as good as some of the really highend CDP's. But I also think it doesnt matter.