Re: [ARSCLIST] current role of soundcards

[Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Beware the onboard sound chips, especially Intel's. They are not archival quality by a long shot. 
They make Soundcrapper seem like a wonderful product. Plus they can create hum/ground problems in 
professional environments. Fine for something like a library listening kiosk but not good for 
transferring valuable or time-consuming audio.

-- Tom Fine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank Strauss" <fbsdmd@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 8:14 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] current role of soundcards


> On 11/2/06, Prentice, Will <Will.Prentice@xxxxx> wrote:
> > A passing thought, with a dash of devil's advocacy:
> >
> > You're buying a new PC setup for the transfer of analogue material to a
> > high standard. Assuming you can obtain a high quality ADC with firewire
> > or USB interface and the PC has sufficient processing power, why would
> > you need a soundcard at all?
> >
> > Will
> >
> > **************************************************************************
>
> It would seem that most new PC's get their sound capability directly off the
> mother board, so mostly you don't need to buy a sound card when you buy your
> computer, if all you want is noise.  This may explain why the sound card
> inventory of places like Best Buy and CompUSA is very poor.
>
> --
> Frank B Strauss, DMD