Today Overclockers Tech can possibly offer the consumer an alternative by Asus, namely the Xonar Essence ST! Billed as a musicians sound card first and a gamers card second, one can not help but be thrown back to the year 1992 and the era of the Advanced Gravis Ultrasound!

http://www.overclockerstech.com/asus-xonar-es … undcard-review/

http://vr-zone.com/articles/asus-xonar-xense- … -hood/8753.html

I thought this would be interesting to post becasue to me it seems like the sound card market is becoming a little bit closer to the way it used to be back in the dos days when there was more competition. I'm always hearing about the old sound blasters and what not and then the newer legacy stuff like the audigy or even the new stuff like the x-fi but they are all creative labs. Creatives stuff is alright but, it it could be better and thats what competition is for like the above cards kinda like Rolland and Gravis back in the day.