Just thought I'd mention that the Audigy only plays back audio at 24/96 hz. It is still locked internally for recording at 16/48 hz just like the sblive series so if you choose to record at the cd standard 44.1 hz the Audigy will have to first process the audio at 48 hz and then covert it to 44.1 hz. I agree with Scott for quality recording buy a card designed to record from the get go.