Tony, and Kurtis, i have a sound blaster x fi extream audio and love it the sound is great and worth the money ----- Original Message ----- From: "nick danger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 3:22 PM Subject: Re: decent sound card.
> Houdy curtis, > > You'll get loads of suggestions and opinions on this but the best cards > I've > had have all been Creative labs cards. I'me getting rid of this > real-tech > audio card I've got in this machine I have and going for another creative > labs card. I've only seen the external variety once but both types are > exactly what the doctor ordered in giving ya the best bang for your buck. > My > favorite of the bunch was the sound blaster audigy. > > Tony > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Curtis Delzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "the PC audio discussion list" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 4:13 PM > Subject: decent sound card. > > > Hi all! Well, apparently, my old SoundBlaster Live! has bit the big > one. Drivers, loaded, effects, loaded, no sound, though. :) This is a > modern computer, so nothing connects to the disk drives like for > audio from cd roms as in the old days, but, nothing! It worked > before, but now, nothing. > What do you all recommend about a decent sound card? I record a lot > from differing sources, so need something of decent quality. This > "real_tech97," is a piece of sh**t, really, sounds like a transistor > radio through my audio_file Sony headphones, all highs and no bass > hardly at all, and do not want to record over a motherboard installed > chip set, under any conditions. So please, flood me with suggestions, > and why, etc. I really do need to know! > I would prefer a PCI mounted one, though an external USB is not out > of the question, as much as why someone would recommend one more than > they would a PCI mounted one. Why would an external USB mounted one > be preferred, portability, or true audio-file quality? Do sound cards > come with R I A A equalization for turntables and cartridges? It > might be important, since if I bought, sometime down the line a V15 > type 5 and a GOOD turntable, I'd want something that would justify > such a good pickup, to be transferred into digital form properly. I > don't need "roll off" in the card on the bottom end or top end, just > flat response between, probably 10Hz to way above 20000Hz. Those who > think that twenty thousand Hz is the top end for music don't know > about overtones and double speed recording of sound since I want to > be doing, so that when restored to proper octave, no loss at the top > end, know what I mean? > > Thanks, and come on guys, let your hair down as to why you think you > have the best sound card. > I truly need to know, and wouldn't you know it? Today or soonest > since I have projects and my good old SB_Live! is no longer living. > True it had a noise floor of probably no more than minus 65DB, but > hey, most of the time, it worked fine and there was no limit on the > bass response. I probably want to be able to record at 192000Hz, so > keep that in mind if they exist yet. At least I want to be able to > record at 88200Hz sampling. > > Curtis Delzer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > skype: callto:curtis1014 > W B 6 H E F > Fessenden, North Dakota; 58438-7300 > > > Jonathan Mosen List Founder > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.5.4/1566 - Release Date: 7/22/2008 > 6:00 AM > > > > > Jonathan Mosen List Founder > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
