Originally Posted by meansizzler 
with poor DAC's, motherbaord audio has alway been pants, even a cheapo sound blaster x-fi xtreme audio will sound better than any mobo audio, as for the DD Live/DTS connect, have it your way if you want to lossy audio, as thea udio is being compressed when it is passed to the amp..., buy a dedicated sound card and stick with the analogue outs...
Have you heard the audio on my board.
Didnt think so!
Strange how people say something is rubbish when they have no experience using it. Onboard sound has come a long way.
It is actually very very good.
Yes...it will work fine with Creative Speakers.
It works with any speakers/headsets.