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| Thread ID: 128605 | 2013-01-02 07:20:00 | Do you have a sound card in your PC? | FoxyMX (5) | Press F1 |
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| 1321084 | 2013-01-02 07:20:00 | Just curious as to how many of you have a sound card installed in your PC as opposed to using the motherboard's onboard sound. If you do, does it make a huge difference to the sound? Of course, one would have to also invest in quality speakers as well, to get the most out of it. |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 1321085 | 2013-01-02 07:27:00 | Only the on-board. Even the Media Center in the lounge has On-board and thats connected to several speakers including the stereo . The option adjustments these days are very good with on-board. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1321086 | 2013-01-02 07:38:00 | Cheers wainuitech. Is the main reason for installing a soundcard for the extra options rather than the quality of sound? I thought it was for the latter. :confused: | FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 1321087 | 2013-01-02 08:44:00 | A basic Sound Card these days generally wont produce better audio than the onboard . Back when onboard Audio was crap, a sound Card was a better option to get quality . These days the same functions are built into onboard . My media center has 6 sockets, (used to have a sound card but didn't really notice any difference) same as this one I'm on now . But the one I'm currently on, the office PC, is not used for entertainment purposes, so doesn't need any better speaker setup . The Media center uses them all, and can be changed to suit any mood or output as required, while this one only has one socket used, but the setting options can be changed to any setting you like . See just some of the basic settings: ( My Media Center has more) 4636 If you wanted to invest in a good quality sound card to give better output they are not exactly cheap, but they do have more features . |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1321088 | 2013-01-02 08:51:00 | Main reason is features for most people. Quality is marginal. Most inbuilt sound cards will cater for the casual user to the prosumer/amatuer although most "pro" applications use a sound card. Usually today they involve some form of propriety interface with audio hardware such as equalisers and feedback response at hardware level. Unless you have a pro situation where hardware control is critical even the most fanciful HTPC setup can be obtained with onboard audio. |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1321089 | 2013-01-02 09:03:00 | Onboard only ... I hook mine to a 2000 year stereo with LR audio cable, not optical or anything like that. It does the job and I'm happy. | Nomad (952) | ||
| 1321090 | 2013-01-02 09:53:00 | Of course my PC has a sound card, what kind of PC doesn't :D It is onboard though... :p |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1321091 | 2013-01-02 09:58:00 | I have a Asus D1 or DX (can't remember). Love it for the most part, hate it when the drivers decide to be ****. | icow (15313) | ||
| 1321092 | 2013-01-02 18:27:00 | Onboard used to be rubbish and adding a soundcard almost mandatory for games, both for the quality and originally for the framerate as well because onboard was a bottleneck. Like a lot of things the practice has outlived the reasons for it, onboard has improved vastly over the years and except for audio purists and the "must have the best" crowd there is really no reason to add a sound card. I use a 20W T-amp and a pair of bookshelf speakers for my audio, just fed from the onboard soundcard, and the sound quality is impressive. I've abandoned 5.1 sound for three reasons, 1. the wires and speaker placement is a problem 2. Even $200 5.1 setups sound like rubbish for music compared to my cheapo wharfedales and t-amp (total cost $60 for the amp, speakers were in the shed doing nothing) 3. The original reason for me using surround was for FPS gaming so I could hear what direction to turn - it never really worked any better than stereo for that. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1321093 | 2013-01-02 18:40:00 | Not for years now. Unless you want some special feature there's no point. |
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