Tim, You're confusing the 0202 and the 0204. There are definitely Win7 drivers for the 0204 - I have them. They're included with the card when you buy it. I'm looking at them right now in my hand. They are in the envelope labeled "Installation Kit."
73, Joel - W4JBB On 8/30/2012 8:14 PM, KQ8M wrote: > I'm sorry, Larry, but I have to totally disagree with you about the 0204. > Yes, it works well on an XP machine but why have they only > released beta drivers for it when it was first manufactured but have failed > to build any newer drivers? Why is it you cannot > download ANY drivers for this from their own website? I will search tomorrow > but I will find the posts in Creative's own forums from > people that used it in real hard core audio apps. The box snaps, crackles and > pops and drops out. I could not even get it to work > for longer than an hour on 96kHz. Yes, that is a HUGE complaint among the > audiophiles. > > I do agree on the 2496. It is a very good stable card. I have found the ASUS > cards to work pretty well also. The Xonar Essence and > the Xonar DG have been running here very well for 6 months. I still have not > been about to get the 1212m PCIe to work but have not > spent a lot of time on it. > > It seems to me none of the creative cards work very well. They always have > some sort of mirror image. > > I am judging these cards using CWSkimmer. With that application you cannot > have any mirror image or it spots those mirror images > erroneously. Most people can get away with mirror images that are down from > the main signal as they would never know they are there. > > > 73, > Tim Herrick, KQ8M > Charter Member North Coast Contesters > k...@kq8m.com > > AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org > User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer > Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of N8LP > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 8:52 PM > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] SDR_Sound_Cards > > I'm not sure what problems you're having, but the 0202 and 0204 in my tests > perform better than any of adozen cards I have tested except the E-MU 1212m. > The 0204 has the edge over the 0202 in terms of flexibility when it comes to > win7/64. If you don't need 192kHz, I highly recommend the M-Audio Audiophile > 2496 PCI card at $75. The ASUS cards are good at 96kHz, but fall apart at > 192kHz. The Delta 44 was once the best card out there, and it's still > decent, but I haven't used one in several years, whereas I have the others > all still installed on my shack PC. > > 73, > Larry N8LP > > > > > KQ8M wrote >> I'm sorry but it is true. I have 2 0204's and neither work for crap on Win >> 7. I have been on Creative's forums and read all of the >> big audiophile's that used the 0204 on XP but cannot get it to work worth >> dung on Vista or Win 7. I have tried. Go to Creative's >> website and see if you can download drivers for an 0204 for ANY Windows >> platform! >> >> >> >> 73, >> >> Tim Herrick, KQ8M >> >> Charter Member North Coast Contesters >> >> kq8m@ >> >> >> >> AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org >> >> User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer >> >> Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 >> >> >> >> From: Jim Rhodes [mailto:jimk0xu@] >> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 2:21 PM >> To: KQ8M >> Cc: Matthew Zilmer; Bill Conkling; Ken Roberson; elecraft@.qth >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] SDR_Sound_Cards >> >> >> >> That is really not true. The 0204 is Win7 compatible out of the box (or at >> least claims to be, I don't own one). The 0202 has beta >> drivers for Win7 that have been working just fine for me on Win7 Ultimate >> 64 bit for over a year now and I just picked up another >> for portable operation and loaded the drivers on a netbook running Win7 >> Starter 32 bit. So yes, the drivers won't automagically >> load, but it took me about 5 minutes to find, download the drivers (and >> that includes working around a server error on Creative's >> server) and install them. >> >> On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 11:33 AM, KQ8M <kq8m@> wrote: >> >> Those two don't work very well with Win 7 though. >> >> 73, >> Tim Herrick, KQ8M >> Charter Member North Coast Contesters >> kq8m@ >> >> AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org >> User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer >> Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: elecraft-bounces@.qth [mailto:elecraft-bounces@.qth] On Behalf Of >> Matthew Zilmer >> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 12:19 PM >> To: Bill Conkling; Ken Roberson; elecraft@.qth >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] SDR_Sound_Cards >> >> The Creative Labs EMU-0202 and -0204 seem to have a following too. >> >> Matt Zilmer, W6NIA >> In status quo voluntas non sufficit >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: elecraft-bounces@.qth [mailto:elecraft-bounces@.qth] On Behalf Of >> Bill Conkling >> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 9:18 AM >> To: Ken Roberson; elecraft@.qth >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] SDR_Sound_Cards >> >> There well may be others that work well, but the Delta 44 has a long track >> record as one of the best and lots of info available and >> happy users. >> >> ....bill nr4c >> >> Sent from my Verizon Wireless Droid >> >> -----Original message----- >> From: Ken Roberson <kwroberson@> >> To: elecraft@.qth >> Sent: Thu, Aug 30, 2012 15:22:18 GMT+00:00 >> Subject: [Elecraft] SDR_Sound_Cards >> >> >> >> Hello ALL, >> >> >> >> Everyone seems to be using the Delta 44 sound card for >> >> SDR receivers, is there something supper about the Delta 44? >> >> I noticed there are other 24 bit sound cards, >> >> Will any of those cards work? >> >> I don't need a USB sound card, PCI slot would be fine. >> OFF line would be fine >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Thanks for your help >> >> >> >> Ken K5DNL >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@.qth >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@.qth >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@.qth >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@.qth >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Jim K0XU >> >> jim@ >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@.qth >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/SDR-Sound-Cards-tp7561844p7561884.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
