Jukebox sound issues

[GuptRX]

Hey, so ive setup one of my old PCs with a Jukebox software for mate's parties, and it had its maiden voyage the other weekend.

I dunno it its just me, but it didnt sound as nice as when i run traktor on my mac.

Now i have narrowed it down to 2 things, either the fact that i had my speakers plugged into the back of the PC through the built in soundcard, whereas traktor is always thru the Audio8DJ, or that i converted all my songs from aiff to 320kbps MP3 files just for the jukebox.

opinions? like should i just keep the files as aiff or try out my spare maya 44 instead of the in-built soundcard?

cheers homies

[Gandy]

i would hazard a guess and say its the onboard soundcard, onboard anything is usually just bare bones and cheap as you can get it same with onboard graphics.

Ive never used an onboard soundcard and ive never had any problems with quality, 320 mp3 is more than adequate for house parties

[Jaz]

what i was gonna say ^

maybe it sounds different because your on the dancefloor in front of the speakers? rather than behind the speakers when your DJing with traktor?

[GuptRX]

thanks guys, ill give my maya a go before the next use.

jaz iv used these speakers with traktor on cruise and been on the dance floor, sounds fine.