From: Jonathan Irwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2000 12:10 PM
Subject: Re: MD: Sony USB 2nd try?
>
> On Sat, 4 Mar 2000, Magic wrote:
>
> > BLURGH!!!
> >
> > They could have at least made it an optical output for the MD! The
signal is
> > already digital and there's more than enough bandwidth on USB to output
> > SPDIF directly meaning only minimal interfacing would be needed.... and
a
> > red LED of course... :o)
>
> I agree... what's the point in it if it doesn't even have a digital
> output?!?! I would strongly recommend people avoid this and get a sound
> card with digital output instead. Also, knowing Sony, it will cost a
> fortune as well. SBLive Value cards can be got for 40 UKP around here and
> these will produce much better (digital) results (with the addition of an
> optical transmitter, 5 UKP from Maplin).
>
> What are Sony thinking?
>
> Jonathan
Absolutely! And for the same money (�45) you can get the VideoLogic Sonic
Vortex 2 which has the best digital output of any consumer grade sound card.
The only thing it lacks is direct digital input from the CD-ROM, but you can
easily get around this by using WinAmp and the CDDA plugin. It's also a
better option if electronics scare you a bit....
Magic
--
"Creativity is more a birthright than an acquisition, and the power of sound
is wisdom and understanding applied to the power of vibration."
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