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Re: [ARSCLIST] current role of soundcards



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

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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.

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Frank B Strauss, DMD


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