Soundcard for Sawtooth

[apunkrockmonk]

I have a sawtooth that I want to use with these speakers. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002WPSCG/sr=8-7/qid=1152026698/ref=pd_bbs_7/104-7033114-9090369?ie=UTF8 I used to use them with my pc before I got rid of it. What is the cheapest mac compatible sound card that will be able to drive them in 5.1?

Let me know, thanks.

[Lord Blackadder]

The most popular (and possibly the only?) 5.1 card for the Mac is the M-Audio Revolution 5.1 (http://eshop.macsales.com/item/M%2DAudio/99004090600/). It's a great card but unfortunately there are no $25 sound cards in the Mac universe as far as I know.

[apunkrockmonk]

Wow, there is no way I'm spending $80 to use $50 speakers, haha. Why do all mac peripherals have to be so expensive. I just finally bought a $70 sata card for it. Oh well.

[Lord Blackadder]

The Mac peripheral market is getting better every day, but it is still behind the PC market, especially when it comes to low-mid priced gear. There are a lot of very expensive, high-end sound processing cards available to Mac-using professionals but most gamers are limited to 2.1 because there are no low-end, low priced 5.1 cards on the market. To be fair, many of the $25 sound cards for PCs are not very good, but it would be nice to at least have the option...