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PCI Express sound cards, GOOD quality, WHERE???
Starting research for my next build. It will be an occasional gamer, but
mainly used for Internet and multimedia applications. Rather high-end. Won't even consider using sound built into mainboard, but would prefer to avoid Creative brand products as well. Don't want to buy a PCI sound card, want PCI Express. Usually prefer Turtle Beach products, but they don't seem to make any PCI Express format sound cards. Would prefer to spend a hundred or less on the Sound card, but will spend more if necessary. MAIN thing I'm looking for is sound quality. I don't care about game performance (for the sound card at least), I want "flat", non-distorted sound output. Needs to play music to drive high-end powered speakers at extreme volume levels and sound awesome three rooms away. As I said before, I've been pretty happy with Turle Beach sound cards in the past. Good compromise of good sound quality, while still being reasonably priced. But need PCI express. Oh, and I don't care how many "channels" it has. 7.1 seems to be the norm now, but it won't be using more than two channels, probably. OK, who makes it? -Dave |
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PCI Express sound cards, GOOD quality, WHERE???
In article , Dave says...
Starting research for my next build. It will be an occasional gamer, but mainly used for Internet and multimedia applications. Rather high-end. Won't even consider using sound built into mainboard, but would prefer to avoid Creative brand products as well. Don't want to buy a PCI sound card, want PCI Express. Usually prefer Turtle Beach products, but they don't seem to make any PCI Express format sound cards. Would prefer to spend a hundred or less on the Sound card, but will spend more if necessary. MAIN thing I'm looking for is sound quality. I don't care about game performance (for the sound card at least), I want "flat", non-distorted sound output. Needs to play music to drive high-end powered speakers at extreme volume levels and sound awesome three rooms away. As I said before, I've been pretty happy with Turle Beach sound cards in the past. Good compromise of good sound quality, while still being reasonably priced. But need PCI express. Oh, and I don't care how many "channels" it has. 7.1 seems to be the norm now, but it won't be using more than two channels, probably. OK, who makes it? -Dave There's no need for a PCIe soundcard and creative X-Fi's are fine. -- Conor I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking good either. - Scott Adams |
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OK, who makes it? -Dave
There's no need for a PCIe soundcard and creative X-Fi's are fine. Future motherboards might not have a PCI slot... so.... -- @~@ Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (Xubuntu 7.04) Linux 2.6.24.2 ^ ^ 22:35:01 up 12 days 12:35 0 users load average: 0.00 0.01 0.00 ? ? (CSSA): http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_...ub_addressesa/ |
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PCI Express sound cards, GOOD quality, WHERE???
"Man-wai Chang ToDie" wrote in message ... OK, who makes it? -Dave There's no need for a PCIe soundcard and creative X-Fi's are fine. Future motherboards might not have a PCI slot... so.... Yup, I prefer not to use any PCI slot at all for my next build. And I've always found Creative products (even the high-end ones) to have a tinny sound quality. -Dave |
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PCI Express sound cards, GOOD quality, WHERE???
Yup, I prefer not to use any PCI slot at all for my next build. And
I've always found Creative products (even the high-end ones) to have a tinny sound quality. -Dave Upgrading sound card alone won't cut it. You also need expensive speakers to really feel the sound card change. -- @~@ Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (Xubuntu 7.04) Linux 2.6.24.2 ^ ^ 23:32:01 up 12 days 13:32 0 users load average: 0.05 0.04 0.00 ? ? (CSSA): http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_...ub_addressesa/ |
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PCI Express sound cards, GOOD quality, WHERE???
Man-wai Chang ToDie wrote in
: OK, who makes it? -Dave There's no need for a PCIe soundcard and creative X-Fi's are fine. Future motherboards might not have a PCI slot... so.... Should we assume that a sound card will outlive the original build and will therefore be carried forward for use on all future builds? What if the sound card is never removed from the original build? -- pcbldrNinetyEight |
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Man-wai Chang ToDie wrote in
: Yup, I prefer not to use any PCI slot at all for my next build. And I've always found Creative products (even the high-end ones) to have a tinny sound quality. -Dave Upgrading sound card alone won't cut it. You also need expensive speakers to really feel the sound card change. Speakers are the single most important factor in sound quality. But perceived differences in sound quality are as personal as how sweet your beverage should be. There is no substitute for auditioning speakers first hand. OT: Chang, why did you choose Ubantu? -- pcbldrNinetyEight |
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PCI Express sound cards, GOOD quality, WHERE???
On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:45:13 -0500, "Dave" wrote:
Starting research for my next build. It will be an occasional gamer, but mainly used for Internet and multimedia applications. Rather high-end. Won't even consider using sound built into mainboard, but would prefer to avoid Creative brand products as well. Don't want to buy a PCI sound card, want PCI Express. Usually prefer Turtle Beach products, but they don't seem to make any PCI Express format sound cards. Would prefer to spend a hundred or less on the Sound card, but will spend more if necessary. MAIN thing I'm looking for is sound quality. I don't care about game performance (for the sound card at least), I want "flat", non-distorted sound output. Needs to play music to drive high-end powered speakers at extreme volume levels and sound awesome three rooms away. As I said before, I've been pretty happy with Turle Beach sound cards in the past. Good compromise of good sound quality, while still being reasonably priced. But need PCI express. Oh, and I don't care how many "channels" it has. 7.1 seems to be the norm now, but it won't be using more than two channels, probably. OK, who makes it? -Dave You may also want to consider a USB sound card. Turtle Beach has some models available as well as Asus, M-Audio and others. Larc §§§ - Change planet to earth to reply by email - §§§ |
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OT: Chang, why did you choose Ubantu?
I don't know. It just works and worked. Currently the linux distribution "war" is between Ubuntu and Fedora. The rest... um... -- @~@ Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (Xubuntu 7.04) Linux 2.6.24.2 ^ ^ 14:19:01 up 13 days 4:19 0 users load average: 0.01 0.00 0.00 ? ? (CSSA): http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_...ub_addressesa/ |
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PCI Express sound cards, GOOD quality, WHERE???
beverage should be. There is no substitute for auditioning speakers
first hand. And I need a lottery prize to buy them. -- @~@ Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (Xubuntu 7.04) Linux 2.6.24.2 ^ ^ 14:20:01 up 13 days 4:20 0 users load average: 0.05 0.01 0.00 ? ? (CSSA): http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_...ub_addressesa/ |
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