On 7/26/06, Bill Unruh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not just the analog but the whole electronics. designing a board so that > all the radiation from all of the other parts of the computer do not > pollute the sound signal is tough and is far more than just the chip.
That may be the case, but all the aftermarket cards I've heard recently, even from games oriented companies like Creative, seem to manage it. The noise floors on the better cards (I'm still talking about ~$50) have been, by domestic hi-fi standards, v.good for a number of years. Further up the scale RME and the like are widely used, I understand, in the professional arena. Just dissapointed to see integrated sound is so far behind, vs. PCI cards. IIRC there's a chaintech card for ~$20 which measures superbly and has a 24bit 196khz dac. Not that with 44/16 source material that is particuarly useful... Tom ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
