RE: [linux-audio-user] amplifiers - Linux-audio-user

30 Sep 2002

Jim,

I´m using a M-Audio card (Audophile 2496) and a LINN Numerik external DAC for
Audio playback.(in a ReadHat 7.3 box with ALSA drivers) very nice!

It´s very important to have a good source like uncompressed music (or a good compression
like flac or someting), good Soundcard, DAC is also very important.

If you can get a nice Surround processor you will have a Sdif input, and if you
Connect computer from your Digital out to spdif in, you probably get better result.

And of cause, ordanary PC speaker is not that fun to listen at...

Try to get a pair of used nice speakers, you get more music for less money.

Best regards /Lasse

...
  I hope you'll forgive me if I ask a *really* basic
question.

 I'm running a mix of Debian stable and testing. Kernel 
 2.4.18. I have a Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI sound-card. I'm 
 using the OSS kernel drivers, but working up to switching to Alsa.

 I want to get better audio output---partially just for 
 listening but also because I'm doing more and more recording. 
 I don't do games. So for audio reproduction it's mainly a 
 matter of DVD playing (opera and jazz mostly, some rock). I 
 use Xine for DVD playback; I also use Ogg123 and Xmms for pure audio.

 So my very basic question is: how necessary or how advisable 
 is it to put an amplifier between the audio output jack and 
 the PC speakers? Has anyone got a recommendation for a good 
 mid-range or mid-price amplifier that would make a noticeable 
 difference?

 Thanks a lot for your time,

 Jim