[linux-audio-dev] Soundcards...

[John Check]

On Friday 28 January 2005 03:35 am, james at dis-dot-dat.net wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Jan, 2005 at 05:23PM -0500, Lee Revell spake thus:
> > On Thu, 2005-01-27 at 20:18 +0000, james at dis-dot-dat.net wrote:
> > > Hi peeps.
> > >
> > > Just looking for some quick advice about a new soundcard.
> > >
> > > I'm looking at getting something like the M-Audio Audiophile 2496.
> > >
> > > This is to replace a SB Live! Value.
> > >
> > > Does this seem like a sensible (though cheap) move?  I'm expecting a
> > > better card.
> >
> > Make sure the tone control switch is muted.  It's not enough to set bass
> > and treble to 0, you have to disable the switch.
>
> Well, that's not how it works on my card.  I have to have the tone
> control unmuted and the bass turned down to about 25% to stop
> clipping.  If I mute it, the volume seems equivalent to having them
> both at 50%.
>
> Stange.
>

Maybe you've got AC97 capture up? 

> > I am working on improving the emu10k1 driver.  But, the Audiophile is
> > certainly a better card.  You get what you pay for, and the SBLive value
> > is pretty amazing for a $20 soundcard but it's still a $20 soundcard.
>
> It was $100 when I bought it, which is about how much I can get
> the Audiophile for now.  I'm just waiting for the cost of every other
> item I want to fall to this price, too.
>
> > Lee