I have a lot of nostalgia for PCI sound cards from the late 90's and early 2000's. That being said, I am happy that PC audio has been simplified to just minimal

I have a lot of nostalgia for PCI sound cards from the late 90's and early 2000's. That being said, I am happy that PC audio has been simplified to just minimally buffered DACs and ADCs, or a digital interconnect. Things actually just work without having to futz with ugly skinned proprietary software.