> unless someone can advise of something more suitable? Unless I am mistaken, most of the Creative Labs stuff is pretty substandard since they don't allow genuine controls over the word clock for the audio playback/sampling rates. I remember seeing a website test report on the Audigy cards and it revealed tell-tale noise at anything but 48KHz playback/recording. If you're willing to spend that kind of money on an Audigy Platinum, may I suggest you consider the Audiophile 2496 made by M-Audio. Or the Revolution 7.1. They are clean cards, and offer genuine multi-rate controls with good quality. You can find independent audio evaluations online. =MB= -- A focus on Quality.