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"Proper digital behavior of a device on a motherboard is, however, a very fundamental requirement of any computer peripheral. What really matters to the enthusiast is the quality of audio. Because the SoundMAX line of codec’s features a single-chip audio solution, this means squeezing all of the analog signals going to a 5.1 setup onto traces packed closely together. Anyone who has ever worked with high-quality audio is all too familiar with issues of "crosstalk," where separate audio signals transmitted down wires in close proximity for a significant length end up being inadvertently mixed together on the receiving end. "
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