DamageX wrote: Also, with mediocre speakers and the noise from fans and harddrive motors, how am I supposed to tell if my 14-bit Paula audio player is working correctly (and better than 8-bit) ?
hmmm, crank it right up? :-D
or do you mean you are getting a humming noise from the speakers? - if so, move the power for the speakers/amp to a sperate wall socket outlet. this should clear up any gound loop issues. or maybe a shielded power strip?