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| 217327 | 2004-02-22 02:04:00 | I'm shopping for a sound card to replace onboard sound . My PC is plugged into a stereo amp using a cable with 3 . 5mm headphone socket plug on one end and two RCA plugs on the other . The aim is to improve sound quality for mp3 and movies, I'm not a games fan (yet) . Ideally I'd like a sound card with RCA plugs on it so I can use a decent cable between the PC and amp . But I can't find such a card so I am left with the M-Audio revolution 7 . 1 or the Sound Blaster Audigy 2 . The revolution is $100 more expensive . Has anyone used either of these cards or similar, or have any recommendations? |
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| 217328 | 2004-02-22 02:37:00 | unless you rip the mp3s yourself at a very high bit rate then you wont notice much improvement inb sound quality for mp3s | kiwibeat (304) | ||
| 217329 | 2004-02-22 04:47:00 | Is your current sound card 2 . 1, 3 . 1, 4 . 1, 5 . 1 etc or are you just using stereo speakers . All you can do is rip the tracks at a higer bit rate, as previuosly stated you won't notice much of a difference . You may want to think of investing in a 5 . 1 or greater speaker setup on a decent 5 . 1 or better sound board . All audio equipment such as speakers and sound cards have their threshholds the higher the threshold the better the music experience . You'll be surprised how much differently a song sounds in 5 . 1 surround sound with EAX 1/2, this is of course bearing in mind that CD audio will only be played in stereo as they do not come in 5 . 1 standard off the disc . . unless you encode it into an mp3 etc . My suggestioin is get yourself a good 5 . 1 capable audio card, and a decent set of 5 . 1 surround sound speakers . You be surprised how different things will sound . cheers chiefnz |
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| 217330 | 2004-02-22 07:27:00 | Thanks dudes, I'm using CDex to rip at 320, but I notice a fair bit of background hiss at higher volumes. I'm a stereo fan, so unlikely I will move to 5.1, I'm just looking for a better stereo sound quality. | Operations (5295) | ||
| 217331 | 2004-02-22 08:08:00 | Yeah fair enough... if that's the case then I would suggest you invest in a stereo amplifier and speakers with a higher frequency response than the ones you have now. This does not necessarily mean you need a more powerful amplifier but one which has a broader range of audio frequencies... the same goes for the speakers... bigger isn't always better. cheers chiefnz |
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| 217332 | 2004-02-26 11:31:00 | agreed i have a soundblaster live card nothing fancy but it runs great thru my kenwood home theatre system with about 6 speakers on it sound is especially good with dvds that which go thru my hollywood plus card then the soundcard . | kiwibeat (304) | ||
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