Upgrading from SB Live! 24 Bit.... Suggestio

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Hello:?I currently am running a SB Li've! 24-Bit to a Logitech Z-5500 speaker set. The Li've 24-Bit is a recent purchase and still within the no-penalty return time period (at least I hope). I found out from my first post here that it is sometimes better to use digital and sometimes analog. The trouble is that in order to switchbetween the two, a couple of steps were required.For Analog -> Speaker Settings -> Uncheck Digital Output Only -> EAX + CMSS enabled, Speaker Input switch to DirectFor Digital -> Speaker Settings -> Check Digital Output Only, Speaker Input switch to?Digital Coaxial. I find that kind of cumbersome. The original?post is here, scroll down a couple of posts to find reference to thishttp://forums.creative.com/creativel...ssage.id=52255?The Li've! 24 Bit was about $30.00 and like I said in the thread, I'd like to know whether there is a better sound card that someone may perhaps suggest that, like pjc suggested in that thread, will not require me to switch the settings back and forth when I move from one task to another (e.g. auto mute the analog when digital is detected, vice versa)?and still within reasonable price. I'm not looking into the likes of the X-Fi's series because of the obvious price tags for those, so the next best ones will be the Audigy family. I saw two today at a local Best Buy. Audigy 2 Value (about $70) ?and an Audigy 4 (about $80). While not knowing what the interface will look like for the either of them, I would like to know whether either of these can fit the bill? Or neither?I'd like to keep the budget low, but I am still open to suggestions, but preferably before this Sunday (Feb. 26) as that might be the last day I could get the Li've! 24-Bit returned. Thanks a bunch!Message Edited by Shohoku79 on 02-23-2006:47 PM
Message Edited by Shohoku79 on 02-23-2006:48 PM

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hi
let me give this a shot-check your playback control-go to your speaker incon on your task bar(assuming its there)open up your playback control and see if the line in is unchecked.thats what i do.hoped that helped.
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