# On-board LAN and sound card?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-board-lan-and-sound-card/192444>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 1, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-board-lan-and-sound-card/192444 "2003-08-01T21:29:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-board-lan-and-sound-card/192444/21 "2003-08-03T12:53:25Z")

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**LordVor** , I am not sure why my post irritates you. Especially since I am not advocating any solution in particular. And your post does not address the point I was making. Which is:

\*\*In my experience _the same_ quality sound circuit sounds better if it is not directly mounted on the motherboard. \*\* It seems being mounted on the MoBo introduced noise from crosstalk on the PCB tracks. It has nothing to do with the quality of the circuit itself.

Sorry if my observation irritates you.

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**Author:** ![Rex\_Fenestrarum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rex_fenestrarum/32/7265_2.png) [@Rex\_Fenestrarum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rex_Fenestrarum)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-board-lan-and-sound-card/192444/22 "2003-08-03T13:16:36Z")

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Friends don’t let friends use Creative products!

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