Quote Originally Posted by ROBSCIX View Post
Depends on how much you appreciate sound quality. You can buy a cheap low end X-Fi X-Music or others for around $70 these days. Will give you sound but not very high quality. You get what you pay for. I know many guys who tossed Creative X-fi for the Prelude and never looked back. The sound quality is amazing. Talk to people who own the Prelude.
I want good sound quality. I'm still using onboard sound, so I want a gread sound card.
I want to read some comments to see how much better is Prelude, and if the 75€ difference is worth it.

And don't forget that I will use stereo headphones (Sennheiser) and 2.1 speakers (maybe Logitech Z-2300).