is it posible to get normal quality sound with i865G?

From: Yog The Barbarian (y0gus_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 10/19/04 

Date: 19 Oct 2004 04:12:26 -0700

hi guys,
here is my problem - i have sound on my linux pc, but the quality is
realy bad,
especialy when playing mp3s - sounds like phone...i use ALSA, tried
OSS - no difference :(

my mboard is Gigabyte, chipset Intel 865G, AC97 AUDIO on board

first i tried Fedora C2, it found everything - video, sound etc...
but the sound is like phone :( i tried to change the settings for mpeg
layer - no efect, mp3's had very bad quality i any player (i use
standart mpeg123 layer)

then i've disabled the onboard soundcard and pluged old stereo Genius
Crystal CS4281 soundcard - stil no improvement, it was detected,
correct driver found...but the sound remained the same...
the quality of sound does not depend on mouse movement or X/console
change...

i tried kernel 2.4.. 2.6.8.1 - no change
then changed the distro - now i use Slackware 10...same problem

i've tired of this :( but must use linux on my office pc :((
actualy i tried both distros (Fedora&Slack) at home (NForce2+AMD) -
both worked perfect - the sound was great..video etc...

now i think that the problem is the moboard... theres no logic with
different soundcards, diff drivers, diff mpeg settings, diff distros -
to get same shity sound!

pleeease help - i realy need sound :((