#4009894 - 09/15/14 02:30 AM
Re: OT: I was wrong about sound cards.
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Wow, SoundBlaster. A name from the 1990's. Things have moved on since then. I'm still trying to remember the name of the sound card that preceded the Soundblaster. Back in the early 1990's. Something like Thunder card...it was pretty impressive back in the day.
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#4009941 - 09/15/14 08:04 AM
Re: OT: I was wrong about sound cards.
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I still remember the Ad Lib sound card. Only because as a kid I wanted a sound card so bad, but never had one.
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#4010002 - 09/15/14 01:42 PM
Re: OT: I was wrong about sound cards.
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In the 90s the Soundblaster soundcards were the top ! I still use a Soundblaster HP surround set.
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#4010196 - 09/15/14 07:25 PM
Re: OT: I was wrong about sound cards.
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I have a surround sound system but can only use it when Mrs Corsaire is at work, which luckily happens every week day... Most of the time I wear my G35 Logitech headset.
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#4010380 - 09/16/14 08:26 AM
Re: OT: I was wrong about sound cards.
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Okay, what are good sound cards these days? And are they really better than what a modern motherboard comes with? (I have an ASUS P8P67 mobo) I'd love to see tips and knowledge from users of separate soundcards. PS: SoundBlaster seem to exist still - here is a German site with a new SoundBlaster Z: http://de.creative.com/p/sound-blaster/sound-blaster-z
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#4010388 - 09/16/14 09:11 AM
Re: OT: I was wrong about sound cards.
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I have a Soundblaster USB soundcard that I can use in my laptop. My MOB has on-board Realtek which seems good enough.
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#4010398 - 09/16/14 11:04 AM
Re: OT: I was wrong about sound cards.
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I think for what we do the onboard Realtek are imho good enough.
For audio specialists you have sound cards like :
Auzentech X-Fi Forte 7.1 (which main circuit comes from Creative) 125 Euros Asus Essence STX II 7.1 247 Euros Onkyo Wavio SE 300 420 USD by Amazon.com
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#4010400 - 09/16/14 11:09 AM
Re: OT: I was wrong about sound cards.
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Ah, okay - thank you both for the info!
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#4010402 - 09/16/14 11:29 AM
Re: OT: I was wrong about sound cards.
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I have been using pc's since the Apple IIE in 1981 and I can honestly say that I have never had any trouble setting up video cards (even the Apple IIE 80 (wow!) column video card). I think the default was 40 columns. BUTTTTTT I have lost more hair and learnt more swear words trying to get audio to work properly. Even getting my Realtek setup to work with my Logitech 7.1 speakers is an absolute pain - sometimes it is 5.1 sometimes it is 2.0 and sometimes one speaker or another refuses to work. My Soundblaster USB was a complete pain in the neck to install involving downloading what seemed like many drivers which didn't work or didn't work properly. I eventually stopped using it because there was a 'click click' about once a second that drove me mad. I eventually figured out that it must be picking up interference from my electric fence. So I put up with it for a while. I don't get interference on any of my radios or this desktop so I give up again. The only good thing was that I was given the Soundblaster with no installation CD or manual - now I know why I got it for free!
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#4010671 - 09/16/14 08:46 PM
Re: OT: I was wrong about sound cards.
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Another solution is to use an external quality amplifier with a HDMI connection. You can find second hand ones for cheaper than high quality sound cards.
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Exodus
by RedOneAlpha. 04/18/24 05:46 PM
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