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• Computer Hope: Sound Card ABCs
  http://www.computerhope.com/help/sound.htm
• PC World: Audio Nirvana
  http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,113750,00.asp
• Microsoft: Sound Card 101
  http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/games/learnmore/soundcard101.mspx
• Tom's Hardware Guide: Creative X-Fi: A New World of Sound
  http://www.tomshardware.com/consumer/20050818/index.html
• Linux Sound How To
  http://www.djcj.org/LAU/guide/Sound-HOWTO-2.html
• DAC-ADC
  http://www.gae.ucm.es/~padilla/extrawork/adc.html
• The Tech Report
  http://techreport.com/reviews/2002q2/soundcards/index.x?pg=1
• Extreme Tech: State of the Industry
  http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1740269,00.asp
• Extreme Tech: Creative Labs X-Fi
  http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1850360,00.asp
• Tom's Hardware Guide: Creative's X-Fi Sounds Fabulous
  http://www.tomshardware.com/consumer/20050705/index.html
• Soundblaster
  http://www.soundblaster.com/