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Sound Card Advice?
On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 11:42:16 -0400, "Carly"
wrote:: Unfortunately my motherboard doesn't have onboard sound and my old SoundBlaster Live card is dead. Should I go with another cheap SoundBlaster Live to hold me over until I get a new system next year or should I go with a newer card like a SoundBlaster Audigy 2 or a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz? These days, there's really no point in going with a SB Live unless you already have one. If I my SBLive Value wasn't still working, I'd probably grab one of the newer cheapie cards based on the 6 channel (5.1) C-media chips. If you want to go with something cheap, there's really no point in going with the SB Live anymore. The newer cheapo C-media based cards with 6 channel sound are actually pretty good, and have superior sound quality to the SB Live OEM cards with similar pricing. I don't know how they compare to the SB LIVE 5.1 cards, as I've only heard the difference between the SB LIVE Value and standard OEM cards. At $10-20 Canadian, I don't really see a downside. If your budget allows for an Audigy 2, I'm sure you can still afford to buy one if it doesn't work out for you. ---------------------------------------- Thanks, MCheu -Recent Grad BSc CompSci. If you're hiring in Toronto, drop me a line. |
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Depends on what you want to use the card for.If you are like me and are a
gamer and MP3 listener yer best bet is to go w/t a decent sound card (I'm using a Phillips Accoustic Edge) and sinking the money into a nice set of speakers (Klipsch here). If you are just using the PC for internet and word processing then any set of cards/speakers will do. Gupps -- God is dead. Nietzsche Nietzsche is dead. God "MCheu" wrote in message ... On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 11:42:16 -0400, "Carly" wrote:: Unfortunately my motherboard doesn't have onboard sound and my old SoundBlaster Live card is dead. Should I go with another cheap SoundBlaster Live to hold me over until I get a new system next year or should I go with a newer card like a SoundBlaster Audigy 2 or a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz? These days, there's really no point in going with a SB Live unless you already have one. If I my SBLive Value wasn't still working, I'd probably grab one of the newer cheapie cards based on the 6 channel (5.1) C-media chips. If you want to go with something cheap, there's really no point in going with the SB Live anymore. The newer cheapo C-media based cards with 6 channel sound are actually pretty good, and have superior sound quality to the SB Live OEM cards with similar pricing. I don't know how they compare to the SB LIVE 5.1 cards, as I've only heard the difference between the SB LIVE Value and standard OEM cards. At $10-20 Canadian, I don't really see a downside. If your budget allows for an Audigy 2, I'm sure you can still afford to buy one if it doesn't work out for you. ---------------------------------------- Thanks, MCheu -Recent Grad BSc CompSci. If you're hiring in Toronto, drop me a line. |
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