[henry66]

with speakers like you mention, and a good feed and amp behind it, naturally a gadget
like X-Mod makes little sense. but with a standard computer setup, and even some rather
reasonable mid-class speakers connected to it, give it a try.

by the way, the actual circuit in the sound card is NOT the same as in the external USB
unit, which is supposed to sound 'smoother'.

i have one other reason for occasinally turning it on, even recording thru it: when you
have some low class, low bit-rate, poor sounding recordings that you can NOT replace
or get again, anywhere, but love dearly, at least you can to a degree refresh the sound to
something much more enjoyable and listenable.

greets - henry