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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/
