Hey guys, I was looking at the same rig today - Audigy Platinum-- to fit in my new P4. (First brandnew PC I've bought since my first XT Clone in '88).

Couple of questions: it doesn't have 1/4" jacks on that "live drive" does it?--or or course XLR's either. Is it actually a standard stereo mini plug for live input?

And the "drive" tag is misleading, isn't it? Isn't it just a plugin card which is cabled to the Audigy card, but happens to be mounted at the front in a drive slot? It doesn't have any onboard memory or a drive address in the PC, does it?

Best price I see in Ottawa for the platinum is 279 Cdn. The Audigy standalone is about $100 in the OEM version. Is it worth the extra bucks? I truly hate fishing around at the back of the PC, and the variety of extra plugs sure looks handy...

W-O