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Turtle beach Santa Cruz vs onboard C-Media 8738?
I am considering buying a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz card to replace my onboard C-Media 8738. Does anyone have any comments about the Santa Cruz's sound vs. the onboard C-Media 8738 sound? I am most interested in 2-channel stereo line-level output of CDs and WAVs and occaisionally I will record an analog source to a WAV for eventual burning onto an audio CD. What I mainly don't like about the onboard sound is it's relatively low output from the line out jack, which cause me to have to turn my external amplifier up significantly higher than any other components attached to it to get the same volume as from those components. TIA! Bob |
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I just had to take my Turtle Beach Santa Cruz out of my computer
and use it to replace a defective SB Live in a customer's computer I had to switch back to the built in 8738 on my motherboard The MP3 playback quality on my Santa Cruz was better. The local Fry' Electronics sell the TB Santa Cruz for $40. Even cheaper for a used one at www.ebay.com "lampbay" wrote in message news:1101976508.hskY18P56RjgZzIvd49FGQ@teranews... In article , (Bob) wrote: I am considering buying a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz card to replace my onboard C-Media 8738. Does anyone have any comments about the Santa Cruz's sound vs. the onboard C-Media 8738 sound? I am most interested in 2-channel stereo line-level output of CDs and WAVs and occaisionally I will record an analog source to a WAV for eventual burning onto an audio CD. What I mainly don't like about the onboard sound is it's relatively low output from the line out jack, which cause me to have to turn my external amplifier up significantly higher than any other components attached to it to get the same volume as from those components. TIA! Bob Turtle Beach Santa Cruz will exceed most onboard audio specs and is one of the best cards available considering price and features. lampbay |
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