>How about a Creative Labs SoundBlaster Live? You can pay about $100
>retail, or under $50 OEM for the 'Value' card. The only difference is the
>software packaged with the card. An exception is the retail 'Platinum'
>version, which has digital audio I/O, and some sort of fancy panel that
>snaps into a 5.25 drive bay that has jacks and a volume control.
Not quite true, the "value" card does not have an additional I/O daughter
card with extra digital I/O connectors (Digital DIN, SPDIF, and MIDI).
The front control panel of the "platinum" version looks interesting but
I've never seen one outside the box.
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