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

[Bearcat M. Sandor]

Arnold,

Right. It's the electric noise i'm referring to. My next box will have
only a few 120mm slow fans, a smaller power supply and a cooler running
chips and a big case.  This will quiet down my environment too.  I'm not a
gamer or an  overclocker. I'm an audiophile. Why i felt i needed to buy an
SLI system is beyond me.

If i were to just use the digital out on my motherboard and an external
D/A none of that noise would be transfered would it?  Would the power
fluctuations affect that set-up even with a word clock (master + slave)?

If you're hearing the same thing i am, then it can't just be the bit rate
conversions. I'm thinking there is an exceptionally poor D/A converter in
there in the first place.

Also, if you're hearing what i am, how can you stand it?

I'm asking all of these questions, not just because i am an audiophile
snob, but because i want to learn as much as i can about this stuff.

Thank you,

Bearcat M. Sandor




> Am Mittwoch, 5. September 2007 schrieb Bearcat M. Sandor:
>> 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.
>
> Most (all?) internal soundcards don't pick up the acoustic sound of the
> fans
> but the electric noise of fan, disks (cd/dvd included), mouse, key,
> everything that send digital data through a poor shielded or unshielded
> cable
> inside the computer. That is what you hear if the soundcard doesn't
> provide
> enough shielding itself. And sometimes (read on some soundcards) you can
> even
> hear the power fluctuating when fans/processors/disks need more/less
> power.
>
> That is the added effect why I think external soundcards (with external
> power?) are better then internal ones.
>
> BTW: I get similar effects in my internal sblive as you with your external
> sb
> extigy...
>
> Arnold
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