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ok, dumb non md question, if you need more than 2 usb ports, why did you use
a usb pci card instead of just getting a usb hub?
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From: "Danny-K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 2:38 AM
Subject: MD: . nightingale pro6--user review
>
> Hello-
>
> I tried looking for this card in various stores and websites and couldn't
> find it. Finally found someone selling them new on ebay and I got one.
The
> place was in Canada and it costs me $60 including shipping. Not a bad
price
> for a sound card with optical/digital in/out and DVD/AC3 6.0 sound (which
> I'm not using right now).
>
> Set up was pretty easy. The optical/digital daughter board has some
plastic
> on the right side that made it impossible to put in my computer the way I
> wanted to. I had to take out my usb card, and one pci slot is now wasted,
> but I don't have a complaint about that. Don't need more than two usb
ports
> right now anyway. But if you're low on pci slots, you may want to think
> about this. Basically, the daughter board will only fit when placed to
the
> right of the main card, and can not be placed on the left. You'll
probably
> have to end up putting the daughter board in the last slot, and the main
> card one above it. This may be good in that the sound card will be far
away
> from the fan and drives in your PC, possibly cutting down on any internal
> noise.
>
> Ran into some problems later with the PC not booting up. Took the card
out,
> and completely disabled the system's built-in sound and put the card back
in
> and presto--no problems. I suggest you disable whatever other sound
> card/built in sound you have before installing this. You don't have to
> remove your drivers, just disable them. Somehow, my PC doesn't
> automatically shut off now which is weird, but it doesn't bother me. I
just
> shut off manually and there aren't any problems with drive-scans during
the
> next bootup.
>
> Recording to MD is dead easy with the software that comes with it. Set
the
> pause time between tracks (mine's at 3), compile your files and you're
good
> to go. My computer didn't come with an internal digital cable from the
> cd-rom to sound card (analog only) so I need to score one of those cables.
> For now I'm going to go with the rip and copy method instead of copying
> direct from cd to md. An extra step, but not a big deal with me since
> ripping is pretty quick anyway.
>
> By the way, it comes with an extra long optical cable. I'd say it's
around
> 9 feet.
>
> All in all, this is well worth the money. If you've got a crappy sound
card
> in your PC, or are still going with the built-in sound, get this thing.
It
> even has an option to support MDLP recording--it's quite modern. I don't
> know what's different about that, but maybe it does something to prep the
> files or something. At any rate, MDLP support is there, and it's obvious
> from the documentation that they had MD recording in mind when they made
> this card. The people I ordered it from on ebay were very cool and sent
is
> pretty quickly--CompuGlory out of Toronto.
>
> By the way, the latest New Order single "Crystal" kicks total ass!
>
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