Not sure anymore. I just dumped my M-audio audiophile 2496 sound board for the onboard RealTek HD on my motherboard. Listening to my copy of Chesky's
Demonstration CD, I find that the sound is still amazing...high definition, deep musical bass, full warm mids, great transients...basically I can detect no difference between the separate player - Pioneer Elite DV-45 - what came out of ...