On Sat, 17 Mar 2001, Dennis Soper wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> As I'm getting tired of replacing cheap sound cards on a regular
> basis. Can someone recommend a *reliable* card with onboard
> midi (no Ensoniq 1371) that is reasonably priced and works well
> with either Alsa drivers or the kernel drivers, and is PCI-based?
>
> Ability to work with Windoze would be nice, but not necessary ;-)
How about a Creative Labs SoundBlaster Live? You can pay about $100
retail, or under $50 OEM for the 'Value' card. The only difference is the
software packaged with the card. An exception is the retail 'Platinum'
version, which has digital audio I/O, and some sort of fancy panel that
snaps into a 5.25 drive bay that has jacks and a volume control.
This card has very good audio specifications, if you are concerned about
that sort of thing. Most of the cheezy cards feature a poor signal to
noise ratio spec, which gives a constant cassette tape-like hiss to
everything you listen to.
-Gregor
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