Hey guys,
I'm just finalising my build and I would like some clarification on sound cards. I have a Creative X-Fi Xtreme in my current rig, and I'm at a loss as to why anyone would buy a more expensive card. Perhaps it's one of those things like hoovering the carpet, where you only realise how dirty it was after you've cleaned it, but the sound quality seems absolutely fine. The only problem I currently have is interference from my wireless PCI card, but that's an issue of proximity, I think, and definitely not because my card wasn't expensive enough.
I do some music recording and mixing/mastering on my current PC, but again, the quality definitely isn't lacking, so can anyone tell me what benefits one gets, exactly, from a £70 sound card that one doesn't get from a card costing £30?