hi i need a good stereo sound card. if i have to get one w/ surround so be it but all i really need a is stereo. i'm gunna run it into a stereo receiver. looking to spend like $50 to $100. anyone have any suggestions. i know nothing about sound cards so anything would help. i'm going to be listening to cds ripped into computer playing on windows media player. not in .wav but in media player format. i have a nice reciever and speakers and i want em to sound real nice.
As far as I know, the good brands for music intended soundcard is ONKYO. Well you might heard this brand from a magazine such as What Hi-Fi, Audio Video, or other home theather magz considering that this brand actually play in receiver, amplifier and other hi-end home theather market.
It have several soundcard model, and the cheapest one (and currently became a favorite music soundcard with great price to performance ratio) is the onkyo SE-90. It cost about less than $90 and provide such an improvement from your onboard sound chip. It's quite hard to find though because ONKYO didn't sell this product outside Japan
Except that one became an informal distributor that order this product directly from Japan and sell them when they arrive in his/her country. I get my SE-200 LTD by contacting such a person
