the speakers i have at this moment only have 1/8 out (my friend tells me they are surround sound) and the ehco mia/midi has 2 sets of 1/4 right an dleft, making it hard to go from surround sound to the two 1/4, i am wondering, if i keep my old sound card for output(speakers) and use the new one for recording and such in 24 bit, is it worth it, considering i am going ot be eventually compressing to mp3 and such, i wonder for vocals mainly, please let me know if u have any suggestions, thanx,