On Sat, Feb 22, 2003, Dan Armak wrote about "Re: MORE [was: Equipment - anyone?]": > This is probably getting OT, but I'll take this opportunity to ask: anyone > know where I can get a low-end usb sound card? > There are several on the market in the 40-50 $ range (fex. Xitel HiFi Link, > Griffin iMic, etc) but I haven't been able to find a single one in Israel, > only the really costly ones like the Extigy, which have lots of features I > can't use anyway.
I bought my soundcard in.... Universe Club (yes, that discount supermarket). Cost me 60 shekels (!) two years ago. You can also go to your favorite dirt-cheap store, and look for the cheapest sound card they carry. Then go home and verify that it is supported in Linux. I did have some trouble with mine initially: I never checked in advance if Linux supports it and, lo and behold, it didn't (two years ago). A commercial driver was available, but it cost 30$ (twice the price of the card!), so obviously I wouldn't buy it - and used the "demo version" for a few months - until ALSA (the advanced linux sound architechture) people started supporting this card - and ever since I'm very happy with this card: I listen to music hours every day with this card. > - - old 386s and P1s and parts of all kinds - old EDO modules, lots of ancient > sound cards, cdroms... I suppose noone wants that kind of stuff because we > all have our own doorstops already :-) Yes, but do you already have a custom-built mp3 player? :) Old computers can become interesting DIY projects! -- Nadav Har'El | Saturday, Feb 22 2003, 20 Adar I 5763 [EMAIL PROTECTED] |----------------------------------------- Phone: +972-53-245868, ICQ 13349191 |A man is incomplete until he is married. http://nadav.harel.org.il |After that, he is finished. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
