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___Sambusak
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Posted : Nov 28, 2000 17:52:11
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I got a new kenwood reciever, nothing fency, just a basic stereo reciever and now i need a better soundcard then my creative pci64 to use with it.
All im looking for is some card with good mp3 encoding which will output my digital music, and other application in a good, clean quality.
Can anyone help me with one?
Thanks ahead bom, Sambusak |
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___Sambusak
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Posted : Nov 28, 2000 17:55:33
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Someone recommanded me of beach turtle or hoontech, anyone knows these and where i can get them in israel? (and i they are good at all) |
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___Sambusak
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Posted : Nov 28, 2000 17:57:49
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oops, not beach turte - turte beach :) |
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___Cyber_Punk
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Posted : Nov 28, 2000 18:05:43
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What I know, is that Turtle Beach is a semi-professional sound card. That's all. Hope it helps. :-) |
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___MichaelA
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Posted : Nov 28, 2000 18:48:06
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I know there's a Sound Blaster Live! MP3 Edition or something like that.
Maybe this will be good? |
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___ShivaS
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Posted : Nov 28, 2000 18:52:36
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as Yuli once said me (couple of days ago) SB Live sux big time;)
we talked about digital outputs..and it has only optical... |
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___MichaelA
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Posted : Nov 28, 2000 20:57:34
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I want to buy a Midiman Delta 66 (or 44, depends on my dad's mood :-)).
The Delta 66 has spdif connectors. |
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___BoriZ
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Posted : Nov 29, 2000 10:37:33
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I'm planning to replace my pulsar for an RME card pretty soon...maye I'll setll it to you...
Anyway - another option is a USB audio interface. |
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___Max
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Posted : Nov 29, 2000 14:33:33
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creamware luna or event gina/layla/darla are what u need. |
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___BoriZ
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Posted : Nov 29, 2000 19:43:58
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Generally I'd recommend on Creamware products only to someone who realy doesn't have any real professional gear, because it can help you close the edges. For proffesional studio's/home stuio's, I realy can't think about a worse choice, except SBLive. |
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___Sambusak
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Posted : Dec 1, 2000 14:45:49
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i got a usb audio interface plug thingy, is it of better quality then non-pro sound-card? |
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___yuli
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Posted : Dec 1, 2000 18:28:40
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Well, Shivas you misunderstood me a little.. ;o)
I don't think that SB cards suck in anyway.. But - These are not fully professional products.. They are excellent for wide public to consume and the sound is good enough, but as to more pro handling, they are not 'the best' of what one can have..
About digital outputs - there are usually two kinds:
1. Optical - most of the new MD's has it and also all the nu Hi fi systems usually will have one - They are good.
2. Coaccial - That is more professional digital connection that uses RCA like plugs and works via electric pulse.
Generally about cards:
I really don't have enough info to b particular ion this subject, but: Audio cards can b divided into two categories - Pro and non pro. The pro cards would cost ( in Israel ) from around 1800 - 2000 NIS and up, and will b divided into couple of more subgroups - the ones with DSP and the ones without ( DSP - Digital Sound Processor I think ;o) allows the card to make it's own calculation of logarithms and thus to make it easier on the main CPU ). The non pro cards are those in the range of 100 - 1500 NIS and they offer large variety of possibilities, but aren't good as the ones above in a few categories - especially in the quality of analog outputs and other connections.
Well I guess that all I know about soundcards..
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___Sambusak
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Posted : Dec 2, 2000 01:15:59
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What about the usb? Is it considered to have a leaner output then standard analog soundcard? (nonpro)
Btw: can you recommand a rather cheap yet clean sound cardlaster?
Thanks, best regards, Sambu :) |
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___Martinez
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Posted : Dec 5, 2000 23:19:31
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ShivaS, just a little correction;
The SB Live only has electrical digital out. The thing is that, from what I've heard, the SB Live uses 48KHz output frequency and then downsamples it to 44.1KHz on the digital output. This kind of downsampling is destructive and the result is a mediocre digital output.
If you're going to use a portable minidisc I'd recommend a card with an optical output, such as the "VideoLogic Sonic Vortex2". It's nothing fancy, but it works great for everyday use and putting tracks to your MD-player :)
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___ShivaS
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Posted : Dec 5, 2000 23:21:42
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well thanks for correcting, anyway i have simple sb and don't make music
i have DiscMan which has optical out, and since i stopped mp3ing and only _buy_ music i just put the disc, connect the cable and my MD is loaded;) |
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