Another sound card to check out is the
Auzentech X-Plosion. It's a little pricy at about $150 CDN, but I've been more then happy with it. It encodes everything to DTS or Dolby Digital surround if you want (music, games, etc.). It has 7.1 analog outputs as well as a coax and optical digital outs. Its always sounded great for me even on my old Pioneer HTIB, and I just hooked up my M22's and EP350 today through it and it sounds AMAZING!! I'm sure the new speakers are the main part of the improvement, but its not like I can hear any sort of limitations from the sound card so far. I read several reviews on its predecessor, the X-Mystique, and it was a great card as well. That one can be had for ~$100 CDN, but it doesn't encode to DTS, just Dolby Digital.
