On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 09:12:14AM +0100, A J Stiles wrote: > On Tuesday 21 Aug 2007, helices wrote: > > I am looking to add a high quality sound card to my amd64 system. > > > > Obviously, I want it supported on in Etch. > > > > Please, advise ... > > If you really want quality, you want external. Any sound card that is > sharing > a power supply with the computer will be inherently noisy, since the noise > performance of an A-to-D converter depends heavily on the power supply. If > the sound chip is soldered to the motherboard itself, then it will be even > noisier due to stray signals being coupled in inductively and capacitively as > well as via the power supply.
True in theory, but not in practice. The Midiman Delta series (delta 33, 66, and audiophile) have D/A and A/D converters on board yet you can't hear or measure any noise from the computer itself. The external breakout box for the Delta 66 made me think it would contain the A/D and D/A converters, but it turned out to be just a box with plugs. Erik -- +-- Erik Mouw -- www.harddisk-recovery.com -- +31 70 370 12 90 -- | Lab address: Delftechpark 26, 2628 XH, Delft, The Netherlands +-- Datarecovery Services Nederland B.V. Utrecht. KvK: 30160549 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
