Yes... better A/D converters; also it's true full duplex, so you don't have to listen to a 12-bit playback stream or whatever it is while recording a new track.
Yes! Yes! Yes! Iv got a AWE64 and a SB Live and difference
is well worth getting rid of your old AWE64 its a true full duplex and that makes it more than worth getting.
meaning you dont get a shity 8bit playback?
I got both of 'em, never could throw either of them away.
Never could get the sblive to work right and so I currently do not use any of em, but I still like to have them around.
I've heard, but not yet tried, the Creative PCI Ensoniq'. I've heard the design hasn't changed since Creative bought the company that makes them, and it has an exceptional S/N ratio, better that anything Creative Labs puts out. The best part is they can be had for a whopping fifteen bucks.