Hi Kevin. Apologies if this is just too obvious but, with the sound quality being so poor, can you be sure that your system is actually using the new card and not defaulting to some onboard card?
Kevin ----- Original Message ----- From: "kevin and emma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 10:41 AM Subject: Re: new sound card help needed! > hi, i'm simply running a cable from the line out of the cad to the line in > on the hi-fi. i've not changed any settings in any of m players, real, > windows media etc, and the hi-fi settings are also exactly the same as > before. this is why i was concerned about the audio quality. i'll try those > settings in the control panel of the card, sounds like the one to do with eq > types might be the one i need. i have a similar setup on the hi-fi, concert > hall, heavy base etc, and most of them sound poor to me, but a couple sound > great so will se if changing them will help in the SC control panel. > email or msn > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cheers - kevin > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rocker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 3:02 AM > Subject: Re: new sound card help needed! > > > > Hello, > > > > A couple of things: > > > > *Are you using a FM transmitter to send to your hi fi? > > *What player are you using and what is the E Q set at? I think it is > always > > better to have the computer software player set as flat as possible and > > adjust your settings with your hi fi unit. > > *On the control panel of the Santa Cruz sound card there are a couple of > > drop down boxes that can be accessed with the jaws cursor. One box is a > > selection of preset E Q settings like concert room, heavy bass, etc. The > > other one determines the setting for the speaker configuration example: 4 > > plus 1 6 speaker etc. Find those list boxes with the jfw cursor then hit > > the left mouse button then root pc to jaws then select the pc cursor and > you > > should be able to scroll through them. Be careful though because some of > > the choices will turn off the sound completely then you will need sighted > > help to reset them. > > > > Sorry you are having trouble with the card. I have use one for years now > > and it has performed flawlessly. > > > > hth...rocker > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "kevin and emma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 2:57 PM > > Subject: new sound card help needed! > > > > > > hi, i've recently installed the turtle beach santa cruz card. from what i > > read this card was supposed to be fantastic, sounding great! are there any > > settings i can access anywhere to tweak the audio quality of the card? > > because to be honest so far i'm disappointed!! and it's blanked out the > > "advanced" option in the options menu of my volume control. which is > where, > > from memory i could alter tone, base etc with my old SBlive card. at the > > moment this new card sounds muffled, and tinny with no base at all! i'm > > using exactly the same set up as before, i have my audio running through > my > > hi-fi. the only thing that has changed is the sound card! i've got to be > > missing something here, i can't believe a card with such good reviews can > > sound so poor!! i know the santa cruz control panel isn't accessible > without > > sighted help, are the options i need to tweak in there? > > email or msn > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > cheers - kevin > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > > http://www.pc-audio.org > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > > http://www.pc-audio.org > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
