[LAU] How much does my new SB Extigy suck and why?

[Bearcat M. Sandor]

Frank,

Good point. Thank you. Changing the sample-rate may do it. I fear it's
still gonna sound crappy even compared to my on-board nvidia sound. I'll
try it though.

So, if i were to get a higher-end sound card like an RME that might be
shielded enough to avoid the fan hums? I'm gonna get things as quiet
inside my case as possible, but i'll need *some* fans even if they are
large and slow.

Bearcat M. Sandor

> Hallo,
> Bearcat M. Sandor hat gesagt: // Bearcat M. Sandor wrote:
>
>> Thank you. The would explain the harshness i am hearing too. It actually
>> hurts. I have to turn the volume way down from where i usually listen,
>> and
>> i don't listen that loud anyway. I mean, granted i now it's not gonna
>> sound like a high-end product but this is ridiculous.
>
> How were you listening to your music? Maybe you can still tune it a
> bit by running the card fixed at 48kHz and play your music with a good
> resampling soundfile player. I'd recommend mocp (Music On Console) for
> this, it's using libsamplerate and you can configure the quality of
> the resample algorithm. Or, if money allows, get a good sounding PCI
> card. The M-Audio Audiophile is very good and well shielded, too, so
> you won't hear the fans. On *bay it may be available cheap as well.
> PCI cards tend to be cheaper for comparable quality than USB cards.
>
> Ciao
> --
>  Frank Barknecht                 _ ______footils.org_ __goto10.org__
> _______________________________________________
> Linux-audio-user mailing list
> Linux-audio-user at lists.linuxaudio.org
> http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/linux-audio-user
>