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External soundcard recommendation

  • 19-02-2008 10:41pm
    #1
    JæKæ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 662 ✭✭✭


    Lads,

    Looking for a recommendation for a USB soundcard. I hear Creative's Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX is good, but suffers from power problems.
    I need it to record from vinyl to my laptop. It needs to be 24-bit/96 kHz. Creative's USB SoundBlaster Live! looks good, but only has USB 1.1. I don't know if this would matter much with sound?

    Any suggestions?


Comments

  • #2
    cregser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 999 ✭✭✭cregser


    The Audigy 2 NX advertises 24bit (and fooled me - i owned one), but according to Wikipedia it kinda does and kinda doesn't support 24bit/96 kHz - you need to disable DSP. There was even a class-action settlement about the Audigy1's. It's for stuff like this that wouldn't recommend Creative products. I recently had a pair of Creative speakers go faulty (loads of noise) after about 3 months and then found on newegg that it was a common complaint.

    At the same time, there's not much competition...


  • #3
    Cocobells
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28 ✭Cocobells


    Of course there is good competition?, creative are among the worst soundcards on the market period. its just they've gotten a reasonable reputation because they were sold in every pc in the last 10 years.
    depends why you want an external card for, whats its purpose etc? recording, gaming ? or just general playback for media?
    Limiting yourself to USB is not advisable. whats your budget? I would get a firewire card for your pc and connect your external via that and it will open up your market search to the best of the bunch.


  • #4
    JæKæ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 662 ✭✭✭JæKæ


    Found a PCMCIA firewire card.
    I notice most of the USB ones only have a stereo miniplug line in. A proper RCA audio in would be good.
    Any firewire sound card recommendations?


  • #5
    Cocobells
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28 ✭Cocobells


    Again why do you want an external card and not an internal PCI?
    Heres some that have it all, not cheap, but you pay for what you get
    Firewire
    M-Audio Firewire Audiophile
    Echo Audiofire
    TASCAM FIREONE FIREWIRE
    Presonus Firebox
    TAPCO Link

    Internal & External
    M-AUDIO Delta 66 6-in/6-out

    USB
    TASCAM US-122 L

    I recently bought a RME HDSP 9632 PCI, it dosent get much better then that for inetrnal


  • #6
    JæKæ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 662 ✭✭✭JæKæ


    I only have a laptop-so no PCI slots.

    Cheers for the tips


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