Creative still makes very high quality discrete soundcards, they just suffered a combination of on-board audio being enough for the average and wireless headpho

Creative still makes very high quality discrete soundcards, they just suffered a combination of on-board audio being enough for the average and wireless headphones not needing a DAC. Also my father's generation was super into audio and had lots of disposable income even for middle class people to invest in audiophile gear, today that income bracket is very very gone, so the markets are much smaller for gadgetheads to spend money on stuff like that.