I am trying to choose a sound card that I could connect
to my stereo receiver/amplifier and use with my JBL 2600
bookshelf speakers.

Somewhere I saw a pointer to

http://www.pcavtech.com/soundcards/summary/index.htm

Among the reviews of sound cards there they recommend the
Sound Blaster 128 PCI 9837 as "very good" in all categories
of their testing.

Online I found a company offering OEM versions as follows:

Sound Blaster PCI 128 Wave-table 3d SB3100         $37
Sound Blaster Ensoniq 128 PCI PnP CT4811           $23

I am hoping for a little help with my options. Is there
a fair chance that the $37 or the $23 items are more or
less equivalent to the 9837 version?

I am in the dark as to what wave-table cards do that
non-wave-table cards don't. Do I need a wave-table card
for playing music from computer to stereo?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Michael Eisenstadt

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