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i just got and installed a new soundcard : Terratec EWX 24/96 the main idea was to be able to handle digital/optical audio in for some higher audio quality, the good thing was that i installed in a quite old pc crowded with various isa and pci cards (scsi,modem,network, another sounblaster awe64) and apparently installation went smooth, no IRQ or other conflicts, too bad that many other steps will be needed before i can fully exploit the digital input in my music chain : at least buying a MD deck with digital out and well before that just to make a complete solution : some new mics and maybe a MDLP portable MD recorder… phew boosting hi-tech expenses

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