clueless1 wrote:

Good assumption. 😉

But I do have two available ISA slots, so that is not out of the question either (assuming I turn out to be unhappy with the CT2800/DreamBlaster S1 combo). What I'm not sure of in gdjacobs suggestion is how to feed the music from one card and digital effects from the other to the same set of desktop speakers. I'm guessing line out of one card into line in of the other?

Yup. And you'll only be unhappy about the combo if the hanging note bug strikes you bad.