hey, I'd tell you how much my laptop sucks in order to win this, but I don't think it will help me. You see, my laptop has so much internal noise that my current transport (m-audio transit, bought in a time of wealth) screeches non stop in the left channel. I have a feeling that this is the computer itself being shot, and I'd hate to have you waste the good card on someone who can't enjoy it. I can't afford a phono stage, and my intergraded amp blew up. I now only have my ipod as a source, as my free turntable sits unused on top of the blown amp.
love,
penut