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I would appreciate some information and opinions on a sound card. The main point is that under no circumstances must it exaggerate the bass. I listen mostly to classical music and a lot of early blues, both of which are ruined by distorting the balance in this way. The only computer games on my PC are chess, backgammon and scrabble. Price? Somewhere in the middle. I'm a few months from changing PCs, so it's a case of fitting computer to card rather than the other way round.

Hello

The #1 piece of advice you hear around here about sound cards is
Try the motherboard integrated sound first. If it's not up to your standards THEN shop around for cards. But also consider your speakers. They could be the culprit.

Thank you caedend - that's handy information. Not much I can do about the drivers?

Thank you for the reply. I'll troll through these, but most of them seem to refer to sub-woofers and other horrors, which I'm trying tom avoid. Useful links though

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