yes, I would have a totally separate system for each sound card. I'm hoping
the Creative system will be the default, and woth a couple of mouse clicks I
can disable it and enable the high-end audio system. I've been told that I
can do that through the ASIO drivers, I'll have to check it out when I
decide.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Tomporowski" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 05:52
Subject: Re: [H] Getting a second audiophile sound card - external?
If the driver of the 2nd card allows it, you should theoretically be
able to just switch cards. You'd also need to switch your speakers,
unless you have two sets (which I tried once). I have since gotten
away from MCE, so I don't know if dual sound cards will actually work
with it. All the hooks are there to do it, however.
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Veech <[email protected]> wrote:
thanks! Forgot to mention that I'm using XP Media Center. I have decided
to get an external unit, probably a higher-end unit like the ULN-2
http://www.mhlabs.com/metric_halo/products/mio/uln2/
if I can afford the thing.
Now, how would I switch between the two sound cards if I want to go from
gaming to listening to audio? Is it as simple as switching settings in
"Sound and Audio Devices" in the Control Panel? Each sound card will have
it's own dedicated amp/speaker setup so no plugging/unplugging would be
necessary.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Tomporowski"
<[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 04:14
Subject: Re: [H] Getting a second audiophile sound card - external?
Some M-Audio boards have issues with being the 2nd card under certain
operating systems. For example I have an Audiophile 2496 and it will
not work as the 2nd card under MCE. So, I'd give their tech support a
call and see if there are any issues. I hope the ProFire has better
drivers because M-Audio admits that at least the Audiophile 2496,
which admittedly is an old card, has 3rd party developed drivers,
M-Audio having given up development at some point.
Steve
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 1:14 AM, Veech <[email protected]> wrote:
I have a system that CW built a couple years ago (which still rocks btw,
thanks Chris!) based around the then new nVidia 680i SLI board. At the
time
I was more interested in gaming than audio, so I went with the Creative
X-Fi
Platinum Fatal1ty board with the front panel break-out box.
Now, I'm going to invest in a pair of high-end speakers and a couple of
mono-block amps, and am discovering that Creative is one of the worst
cards
for audiophile listening. I am looking at
http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/ProFire610.html as an option, an
external sound card (and more).
Question is, do you folks think I will have any issues with conflicts
with
the Creative card if I get a secondary card, wither external or internal?
It
works fine for me for gaming and I don't have any great need to dump it,
but
I do have a great need to find a high-quality audio sound card.
