Re: Feedback Needed Concerning Sound Cards
Hello Christopher and list: Looking at desk tops for now. Thanks for the feedback and info! I can remember (before I bought this machine) to try and stay away from Dell as whatever they did, their proprietary sound cards (for whatever reason) would not yield enough volume in some chatrooms! That was why I got an Audigy 2 on this one; it works pretty good, although I found that the mic jack in the front on the tower had very low volume! Butt then when I plugged the mic in the back, it was better! Tom Kaufman - Original Message - From: "Christopher Chaltain" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 8:42 PM Subject: Re: Feedback Needed Concerning Sound Cards Are you talking about a desktop system or a laptop? Any desktop system should have empty PCIE slots and open USB ports, so you should be fine. If you're talking about a laptop, I think you can get pretty good USB sound cards, so that shouldn't be a problem. There are a few brands of laptops that have paired up with audio companies, so I'd assume they'd have pretty good built in sound cards. HP has a laptop with their Beets system. Good luck. On 05/13/2013 06:56 PM, Tom Kaufman wrote: Hi List: We've sort of discussed this a little at various times, but am looking to get a new computer with Windows 7 on it as my XP Machine is starting to show it's age as it is getting old and slow; possibly could have something corrupted! But my question is: do any of you know which brand of computers have really good sound cards? Or can you tell me which ones will actually let you put a different sound card (this Dell machine has an Audigy 2 that we had them put in) or maybe my question is more like: which sound cards should I stay away from? I'll be using the machine to do voice chatting (VIP Conduit) and For-The-People) will also need it to accommodate recording, using Total Recorder as well as Tapin Radio) I would guess that most sound cards will accommodate Jaws (or most screen readers) but I just want to find out which is the best way to go before actually ordering a new machine! Your responses will be much appreciated! Thanks, Tom Kaufman P.S. In case anyone out there is wondering, I _did_ get my problem with my Windows Sounds resolved! To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Feedback Needed Concerning Sound Cards
Are you talking about a desktop system or a laptop? Any desktop system should have empty PCIE slots and open USB ports, so you should be fine. If you're talking about a laptop, I think you can get pretty good USB sound cards, so that shouldn't be a problem. There are a few brands of laptops that have paired up with audio companies, so I'd assume they'd have pretty good built in sound cards. HP has a laptop with their Beets system. Good luck. On 05/13/2013 06:56 PM, Tom Kaufman wrote: Hi List: We've sort of discussed this a little at various times, but am looking to get a new computer with Windows 7 on it as my XP Machine is starting to show it's age as it is getting old and slow; possibly could have something corrupted! But my question is: do any of you know which brand of computers have really good sound cards? Or can you tell me which ones will actually let you put a different sound card (this Dell machine has an Audigy 2 that we had them put in) or maybe my question is more like: which sound cards should I stay away from? I'll be using the machine to do voice chatting (VIP Conduit) and For-The-People) will also need it to accommodate recording, using Total Recorder as well as Tapin Radio) I would guess that most sound cards will accommodate Jaws (or most screen readers) but I just want to find out which is the best way to go before actually ordering a new machine! Your responses will be much appreciated! Thanks, Tom Kaufman P.S. In case anyone out there is wondering, I _did_ get my problem with my Windows Sounds resolved! To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Feedback Needed Concerning Sound Cards
Hi List: We've sort of discussed this a little at various times, but am looking to get a new computer with Windows 7 on it as my XP Machine is starting to show it's age as it is getting old and slow; possibly could have something corrupted! But my question is: do any of you know which brand of computers have really good sound cards? Or can you tell me which ones will actually let you put a different sound card (this Dell machine has an Audigy 2 that we had them put in) or maybe my question is more like: which sound cards should I stay away from? I'll be using the machine to do voice chatting (VIP Conduit) and For-The-People) will also need it to accommodate recording, using Total Recorder as well as Tapin Radio) I would guess that most sound cards will accommodate Jaws (or most screen readers) but I just want to find out which is the best way to go before actually ordering a new machine! Your responses will be much appreciated! Thanks, Tom Kaufman P.S. In case anyone out there is wondering, I _did_ get my problem with my Windows Sounds resolved! To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
