Hi Martin, thanks for the heads up. Does the SPDIF output work fine under Ubuntu? How many channels is it good for?
And on that tip...recommendations for a 4 or 8 channel DAC+ADC that isn't the size of a telephone book? Last quiz question: how noisy is the fan on that sucker? best! d. Martin Peach wrote: > I have installed Ubuntu on an EPIA LN10000EG. The sound card output is > outrageously noisy, on the scope there's a waveform at about 2MHz which > is much louder than the actual audio, but it's mostly filtered out by > the subsequent hardware (audio amp) leaving a residual hiss. It sounds > noisier than an ordinary soundblaster card. I'm using an M-audio Delta > 1010 on the PCI slot, which works really well since the audio unit is a > long way from the computer. The board also has an spdif output, which > would naturally be noise-free. > > Martin > > > > Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: >> I haven't actually used the soundcard yet, first I got to fix these >> damn crashes. arg >> >> .hc >> >> On Feb 28, 2008, at 4:06 PM, Derek Holzer wrote: >> >>> Hi HC, >>> >>> did you notice much computer noise on the soundcard, as Ingo >>> reported with the VIA chipsets? >>> >>> d. >>> >>> Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: >>>> I just built a Debian box from a EN15000 and have since found how >>>> that it has freezing issues related to the IDE and USB drives. >>>> There are some acknowledged issues, I think my freezes are related, >>>> but basically, if I have a IDE CDROM and/or USB disk hooked up, >>>> it'll lock up after about a day. If I only have the SATA disks >>>> attached, then no freezes... >>> >>> -- >>> derek holzer ::: http://www.umatic.nl ::: http://blog.myspace.com/ >>> macumbista >>> ---Oblique Strategy # 49: >>> "Display your talent" >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> ---- >> >> Terrorism is not an enemy. It cannot be defeated. It's a tactic. >> It's about as sensible to say we declare war on night attacks and >> expect we're going to win that war. We're not going to win the war >> on terrorism. - retired U.S. Army general, William Odom >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> [email protected] mailing list >> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >> > -- derek holzer ::: http://www.umatic.nl ::: http://blog.myspace.com/macumbista ---Oblique Strategy # 92: "Intentions -credibility of -nobility of -humility of" _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
