I am looking for a cheap but really dynamic old audio sound pci card and thought I ask here ..?
I am using old dell dimension 1100 as a MP3 player and scheduler
As a Stand alone machine but it's sound cards is pretty blahhhhhcompared to to the new all in one Lenovo I was using its sound card was great
I want to run Zara so I needed a windows Xp CPU
The old M-Audio Audiophile 2496 have a great reputation, for my laptop I use an external usb version of the same which does a beutiful job (Audiophile USB)
For my old Dell pc I've been real happy with an internal Echo MiaMIDI PC Digital Audio Interface (24-bit/96 kHz converters and 106 dB of dynamic range )
Both of the above internal and external cards I had bought on ebay.
I have had excellent results with the Yamaha audiogram3. It is an external USB driven device but is really flexible. I've found them used for about $30 on eBay.