Those differences are small compared to what you lose by running the mixer into the red or using crappy speakers or amps.
The OP was new, so I'm assuming he hasn't sprung for good monitors yet. I don't think you'll ever hear the difference between sound cards on computer speakers.
On big systems, it depends on how good they are…I've heard club systems where you couldn't tell the difference between vinyl and ringtones.
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