Soundcard help
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Topic: Soundcard help
Posted By: Gullanian
Subject: Soundcard help
Date Posted: 21 November 2005 at 10:51am
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Hi guys, I bought a new hifi recently, being delivered tommorow. I couldn't afford a CD player for the hi fi, so opted for using my PC to feed the music. A sound engineer recommended this soundcard to me: http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/page/shop/flypage/product_id/3446 So I got it, and it sounds fantastic with my headphones. Anyway I phoned up the shop I bought my hi fi from, because I need a cable to go from the soundcard to the amp (Cyrus). They told me that it has no sound outputs or something, and I need a DAC or something, is this true? I'm not very good with hardware matching and stuff. |
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Posted By: Bluefrog
Date Posted: 21 November 2005 at 4:56pm
WTF? [QUOTE=EMU] Comprehensive analog and digital I/O plus MIDI - 18 inputs and 20 outputs, plus two sets of MIDI I/O and FireWire port I/O Configuration:
Analog Line Outputs (8)
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Gullanian wrote:
Posted By: Gullanian
Date Posted: 21 November 2005 at 7:51pm
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lol I spoke to a cable specialist, and he told me that they were telling me that to get them to buy a DAC off them, but i've ordered cabling now and its all good  The e-mu is a fantastic card, sound quality from my Hd590's is superb, haven't heard anything in my life so far that comes near this quality. Highly recommend it! |
Posted By: MadDog
Date Posted: 21 November 2005 at 9:16pm
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Why did you go external??? ------------- http://www.iportalx.net" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Gullanian
Date Posted: 21 November 2005 at 9:18pm
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It comes with a PCI card and breakout box, so both internal and external. A sound engineer recommended it on drum-world, and I am thoroughly impressed with it! I was going to get the Creative Xfi, but I was told it's for games only really. |
Posted By: Bluefrog
Date Posted: 22 November 2005 at 6:33pm
The higher end cards have breakout boxes, if for no other reason than
they just can't fit everything into a tiny card slot. Try getting 20
outputs on a regular sound card  Again - a very yummy card~! ------------- http://renegademinds.com/" rel="nofollow - Renegade Minds - Guitar Software http://renegademinds.com/Default.aspx?tabid=65" rel="nofollow - Slow Down Music |
Posted By: Gullanian
Date Posted: 22 November 2005 at 7:26pm
| I can't stop listening to it, the quality is astounding, can't wait to link to my Cyrus amps and PMC FB1+ speakers! Have to wait a few more days for those though |
Posted By: ub3rl337ch3ch
Date Posted: 22 November 2005 at 7:39pm
oh quit making us jealous you bum
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Posted By: MadDog
Date Posted: 22 November 2005 at 9:02pm
They make internal that arnt just a tiny card slot ;) http://www.audigy.com - http://www.audigy.com But since i dont know crap about all the different types of sound i dont know how audigy compares to the rest. I know that my Audigy 2 sound card sounds plenty fine for games, music, and dvds at 5.1 and 6.1 ------------- http://www.iportalx.net" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Bluefrog
Date Posted: 23 November 2005 at 11:37am
Actually - yes - I have heard of them... But all their better hardware is external. Their 100% internal stuff is at best mid-range. (Given what's available now.) But to be honest, for serious sound, I would never buy anything from Creative. They just don't have the support that some other manufacturers have. That being said, I have an Audigy NX because it's "good enough" for what I need most of the time. i.e. 24/96 stereo. But then that's because it was the only thing inside of the price range that I was willing to pay at the time I bought it that was available here. (South Korea can be pretty pathetic at times when it come to selection...  )For a higher end system, EMU, EgoSys, and Oxygen make some very good hardware. Creative are a bit over priced. They really need to include more comprehensive drivers. BUT... And this is the thing... Tom and I are both musicians. I think I can safely speak for both of us and say that sound quality is IMPORTANT. However, I'm quite sure... No, actually, on second thought, I KNOW that neither Tom nor I can afford the kind of audio systems that we'd like to have... I'm still a ways away from getting my dream audio system... I want to get an AAC technology patent license first for my users and that is NOT cheap. ------------- http://renegademinds.com/" rel="nofollow - Renegade Minds - Guitar Software http://renegademinds.com/Default.aspx?tabid=65" rel="nofollow - Slow Down Music |
Posted By: Gullanian
Date Posted: 23 November 2005 at 7:51pm
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EMU has a Creative Profesional logo on the front, not sure if that's
because they are EMU or if they put some software in it or something. Can't wait to try out my new seperates when I get back, will be selling my old ones if anyone is interested! |
Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 23 November 2005 at 8:34pm
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I swore off Creative a while ago. Way to many "Helper" apps installed
that run on boot-up and override the ones I had already installed.
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Posted By: Gullanian
Date Posted: 23 November 2005 at 10:32pm
The Sounblaster Xfi Exteme Pro card claims it can make MP3's sound BETTER than their original recording!  What are they talking about!
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