diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index 21a1d8b..a776273 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 ########################################################################
 ####  Script Name: inxi
-####  version: 0.5.25-b-1-t-3
+####  version: 0.5.27-b-1-t-1
 ####  Date: November 13 2008
 ########################################################################
 ####  inxi is a fork of infobash 3.02, the original bash sys info script by locsmif
@@ -987,7 +987,7 @@ set_calculated_variables()
 #### -------------------------------------------------------------------
 #### get data types
 #### -------------------------------------------------------------------
-## create array of sound cards installed on system
+## create array of sound cards installed on system, and if found, use asound data as well
 get_audio_data()
 {
 	local i='' alsa_index=0
@@ -1020,7 +1020,13 @@ get_audio_data()
 	# now we'll add in the alsa data if the file exists
 	alsa_index=${#A_AUDIO_DATA[@]}
 	if [[ -e /proc/asound/version ]];then
-		A_AUDIO_DATA[$alsa_index]="$( cat /proc/asound/version ),alsa"
+		A_AUDIO_DATA[$alsa_index]=$( gawk '{
+			{ IGNORECASE=1 }
+			gsub( "Driver ","",$0 )
+			if ( $0 != "" ){
+				print $0 ",alsa"
+			}
+		}' /proc/asound/version )
 	fi
 }
 
@@ -1933,6 +1939,7 @@ print_audio_data()
 			if [[ ${a_audio_working[1]} == 'port' ]];then
 				port_data=" ${C1}at port${C2} ${a_audio_working[2]}"
 			fi
+			# we're testing for the presence of the 2nd array item here
 			if [[ ${a_audio_working[1]} != 'alsa' ]];then
 				audio_data="${C1}Card-$(( $i + 1 )) ${C2}${a_audio_working[0]}$port_data"
 			else
@@ -1944,6 +1951,7 @@ print_audio_data()
 	fi
 }
 
+
 print_cpu_data()
 {
 	local cpu_data='' i='' cpu_clock_speed='' cpu_multi_clock_data=''