Wow, I learned a lot from that link! I would have definately been wasting my money if i bought one of those external audio interfaces AND internal soundcards. They both have their own DACs... etc... I think that i am going to go with the M-Audio Audiophile 192, because it has a highersample rate of 192 KHz than the others, the price is much lower, it has all the connectors i need, and the PCI interface is the fastest out of all of them. I only have one more question. Can i use The Audiophile in combination with another PCI sound card? ...I still want my 5.1 sound!!! Thanx, Adam