[linux-audio-user] HELP: good sound card

Hi all! I have ISA sound card AWE 64 with 24 MB RAM extention. This way I can load the sound font "8mbgmsfx.sf2". This is the one and only MIDI sound for my ears. All other techniques for instance software synthesis with TiMidity++ sounds terrible to me, as if the orchestra plays in a stock pot. Now I want to buy a new computer. Unfortunatley, most boards don't offer a ISA slot, only PCI slots. Therfore my question: Does anybody has experience with PCI cards on Linux? Perhaps somebody uses this (or an similary) sound font with some PCI sound card. (?) If so, please send me a recommendation! Note! The PCM sound is of no interest to me. It doen't matter whether it noises(or so ...). I'm only interested in good sound synthesis. Thank you in advance! -- J.Anders, Chemnitz, GERMANY (ja(a)informatik.tu-chemnitz.de)