[LAU] audiophile 2496

[david]

Pablo Fernandez wrote:
> 
> 
> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 7:18 PM, nepal <nepal.roade at mypostoffice.co.uk 
> <mailto:nepal.roade at mypostoffice.co.uk>> wrote:
> 
>     Hello Everyone.
> 
>     I am a mere lurker, sadly no musician, but do really love listening. I
>     run linux mint and am thinking about treating myself to the above sound
>     card to improve my listening experience. I'll be running the output to
>     my Kenwood hifi amp using the phonos I expect.
> 
>     Is the above sound? as in sensible and workable. I'd rather not get
>     into manually messing with my distro settings if that is possible. Are
>     there any gotchas to be considered?
> 
> Install a package called "alsa-tools-gui", run envy24control and make 
> sure the DAC levels are up (analog volume tab).
> 
> Enjoy, Pablo

Great cards, I have 2 of them. To my ears, on my stereo equipment, their 
  output sounds cleaner than the output of my UCA202 USB card and the 
builtin Intel audio hardware.

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David
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