A long anser for such short question ;)

I also have an onboard soundcard and true, the sound isn't great.
I'm looking for a soundcard that will give me perfect sound, cause the wife
wants it to be as good as the cd-player.

Looking at the different card from creative I see a 'big' one and a cheap
one. Which of the two would you recommend?

Biggie: X-Fi XtremeMusic
(http://www.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=1&subcategory=208&pro
duct=14066)
Cheap : Audigy SE
(http://www.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=1&subcategory=205&pro
duct=14257)

Are there other people who have an creative card, who like to share there
experience?


Greetz,
Frank

 

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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Karl Lattimer
Verzonden: dinsdag 19 december 2006 10:09
Aan: [email protected]
Onderwerp: Re: [Freevo-users] Soundcard for Linux

On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 09:27 +0100, Antispam wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Just a quick question: Can someone tell me what soundcard they are using.
> X-mas is coming and I would like to buy (read get) a new sundcard.

I have an onboard via 82xxx or something to that effect, but you should find
that any cheap £3 sound card will work well in linux. I think the point
about sound cards is get the features you need, and a chip/card that is
supported.

Good manufacturers of sound cards, well there is only one creative labs.
The rest are pretty much all clones or cheap chips. 

Some cards however will only do 48Khz, which I have found causes some
problems with OSS emulation, choppy sound as an example. That issue can
generally be worked around using a module parameter. However cards like this
(mine being one of them, but its onboard) should be avoided if possible.

I would recommend that you get a creative labs card, one which supports
SPDIF optical/coaxial out and has 7.1 channels. This gives you as much range
as you will probably ever need, personally I'd like a usb device with
multiple sound inputs and creative make one of those too which also works in
linux.

I wouldn't pay over the odds for a good sound card though, budget yourself
sensibly on this, as its not really the most important piece of hardware in
your system.

Hope this helps,

K,




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