Consortium December 2012

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Re: [Consortium] high-quality sound card for ExpressCard slot which is (well-)supported under Linux

by Martin T

Ian, yes, "Echo Indigo IOx" soundcard seems to be supported by ALSA. I have always wondered how important is driver support in terms of sound quality? I mean the digital-to-analog converter should determine the sound quality and as this is done in hardware, drivers should not matter (very) much, should they? Jeremy, thanks! I mailed my question to Linux Audio Users mailinglist as well. Daniel, I agree that USB if more future-proof and ubiquitous compared to ExpressCard. On the other hand, for example current models of both Lenovo T series and HP ProBook/EliteBook series support ExpressCard. As and expansion slot, ExpressCard is currently the standard. regards, Martin 2012/12/11 Daniel James <daniel(a)64studio.com>: > Hi Ian, hi Martin, > >> They are highly supported in Linux and are >> the best converters in the industry. > > Prism Sound may disagree about who's got the best converters :-) > > These days I would look at USB instead, because your next laptop may not > have an ExpressCard slot. I'd be willing to lay a bet that USB 3.0 will > kill off all other laptop interface standards. Also USB works with your > Liquidsoap server today. > > The Lyra has basic GNU/Linux support: > > http://www.prismsound.com/music_recording/products_subs/lyra/lyra_home.php > > I'm not sure which features you lose by not having a native control > panel. Maybe it could be made to work under WINE. However if you want > something from Prism Sound for under $300 you'll have to be happy with a > T-shirt :-) > > There are plenty of less expensive USB converters. Typically for > Liquidsoap you only need a single stereo output, which means you can use > any audiophile converter; you don't need a multichannel pro audio > interface at all. See http://www.qnktc.com/ab_12.php for an interesting > DAC project. > > Cheers! > > Daniel

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high-quality sound card for ExpressCard slot which is (well-)supported under Linux

by Martin T

Hello, I would like to buy high-quality sound card for my laptop. There are no other requirements besides quality audio output, ExpressCard 34 or 54 form-factor and single 3.5mm TRS jack socket. Has anyone tested Echo "Indigo IOx ExpressCard" sound card under Linux(I mainly use Debian or Debian-based distributions)? According to indigoiox.c C source file in ALSA source tarball, Echo "Indigo IOx ExpressCard" seems to be supported. Any practical experience with this particular sound card under Linux? In addition, what sort of improvement I should expect compared to Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller? Or should I prefer some other high-quality sound card for ExpressCard slot? regards, Martin

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Consortium December 2012