Usenet Newsgroups On-board Sound Card From: mcp6453@gmail.com (mcp6453) While I use a CarDeluxe and an M-Audio DIO-2448 on my two primary computers, I have sound on each computer for non-critical applications. My primary work computer is one that uses the on-board Intel/Soundmax card through a decent set of PC speakers. While listening to some FLAC files of songs from the early 70s, I noticed what sounded like tape hiss. Long story short, upon investigation, I determined that the hiss is actually some sort of digital crap coming from the card. It's pretty constant. Of course no one has ever suggested that the on-board sound cards were even respectable, but I have never before heard a problem like this one that makes the card virtually unusable even for non-critical listening. Thinking maybe the the card was bad, I tried a couple of other computers here that I never use the sound. Same issue. These on-board audio cards are REALLY bad. To solve the problem, I hooked up my Griffin iMic as an output device. The difference is night and day. I'll probably go ahead and get another DIO-2496 or at least install a Creative Audigy that's in a box around here somewhere. Subject