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if pre-amps do hardly nothing to improve what u hear then i have a question about the pre-amps with the built in soundcards.. if they dont have great sounding quality, is it because of the soundcard that is in them?
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I'm not exactly sure what you are asking here.
I think you were asking this. "If built in preamps have poor sound quality is it because of the soundcard itself?"
That depends. Soundcards have to hit a pricepoint. That's why home recording gear is not nearly as expensive as pro gear. So the components used in soundcards with built in preamps are going to be cheaper than a dedicated preamp costing thousands of dollars. That doesn't necessarily mean it will sound worse. Just different.
Now if you are thinking that the souncard itself is bringing down the quality, I don't think so. The main thing that effects quality in a soundcard is the converters that convert the analog signal to digital. I have some expensive converters. Some people can hear a difference with the fancy soundcards. Others do not. That should answer your question as to how big of difference fancy converters make.
Of course, I'm assuming that we are talking about a real deal recording soundcard and not soundcard integrated into a motherboard or whatever.
Brandon