[linux-audio-user] Re: Do I need a preamp for the SoundBlaster Live?

[Iain Duncan]

On Thu, 2006-21-09 at 07:04 +0100, Tim Beauregard wrote:
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> Carlo Capocasa wrote:
> > Yes.
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> Thank you for your reply, that gives me enough information to go on.
> The purpose is to allow the students to practice, not for recording.  I
> shall be buying a preamp today.

I don't recommend buying a preamp for a soundblaster really. External
preamps are usually very good and quite pricey. You would be better off
getting a decent sound card that has a decent preamp instead of putting
a ferrari engine in a an old VW bug!

Check out the presonus firebox, they are good cards with surprisingly
good preamps for the price. The inputs on a soundblaster are really not
very good and the improvement in signal from your external preamp would
be wasted.

Iain