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pc soundcard for music listening
| Message Board > General Chitchat > pc soundcard for music listening |
| dooker User Info... | help - what is a good soundcard for a newer pc for listening to music? - thanks in advance! - Wed, 7 Sep 2005 10:37pm | ||
| Shaggy User Info... | Even onboard sound should be fine for just listening to music. Home studio would be a different story. - Thu, 8 Sep 2005 12:21am | ||
| _Griphin_ User Info... | Go with the soundcard I've used for over 5 years, Sound Blaster Live! Value (black card), never use onboard sound, that's horrible!!! - Thu, 8 Sep 2005 11:09pm | ||
| Shaggy User Info... | Not all onboard sound is horrible Griph. Soundstorm audio (nForce2) is actually better, both analog and digital, than SB Live! Or even Audigy/Audigy2 ;) - Fri, 9 Sep 2005 9:44am | ||
| lonemonk User Info... | Yep. Soundblaster has more self-noise than most $40-$60 soundcards do. And many of the new onboard sound chips are quieter as well. The audigys might be good, haven't tried them yet. For some reason SoundBlaster has always maintained its rep as the only soundcard in town, even when most people who know better don't believe it. Like Shaggy says though. If its only MP3 and shit you wanna listen to, anything will do it. - Fri, 9 Sep 2005 4:08pm | ||
| _Griphin_ User Info... | How bizarre. Blaster gives out a low frequency buzz?!? Yikes! I actually used to use a different sound card which wasn't Blaster (I fergot who released it), and had nothing but problems with it. I also use it's line in to record analog sound, and still I've had no problems with it. - Tue, 13 Sep 2005 11:15am | ||
| lonemonk User Info... | Not a buzz exactly, its just noisy circuitry. you only hear it when your not recording anything if you know what I mean. It wont matter for the kind of stuff you have indicated youre into doing. Anyway, a really decent sound card with uber quiet A/D converters is going to cost $1000+ - Wed, 14 Sep 2005 10:06am | ||
| mactac User Info... | It's not just a question of noise. it's a question of fidelity, lack of jitter & quality of the d/a converters. Lately, noise is a small/insignificant issue when playing back (and arguably even when recording as far as the converters are concerned in this day & age... by *far* more noise is going to come from other parts of the signal chain) in any case, for a dramatic example, put 2 different sound cards in a computer & listen to the playback on good monitors & you'll find that they sounds very different. forget about the noise.... they all sound a bit different.. pick the one that sounds most how you want it to sound. (ie "accurate" or "better"... it's all up to what you need... accurate doesn't necessarily sound better) in any case, you can get an *excellent* sound card for playback that will sound great for wAy less than $1000, especially since it seems like all you need is stereo. In fact, you can get some excellent sound cards for less than $100 for sound playback. If you're looking for a high-end soundcard for monitoring, actually *listen* to them - you'll be surprised at what you hear. I think most importantly here is that we need to know the purpose. Are you doing live shows on your computer? are you listening to mp3's on crappy computer speakers? are you starting a mastering suite? All of this depends entirely on the intended purpose. ... and if you want it to sound good invest in a good amp & speakers. - Wed, 14 Sep 2005 10:53am | ||
| Vegas J User Info... | Exactly! Mactac nails it! Just to add my 2 cents...Dooker, get a card with the D/A converters in a breakout-box rather than an all-on-the-PC card internal type ( if you have the option) There is RF interference "potential" with "in the box" soundcards. That's ONE of the reasons why the more pricey units are all external..and there are lots of boxes that are in the $3-500 range that'll be great! As Mactac says, good amp , good moniters, cabling & environment are far more critical...and 'accurate" is not necessarily the way you want to ultimatly sound...besides I know you'll be wanting to record with it also, so an external box has all the connectors where ya want 'em! Cheers Buddy! - Thu, 15 Sep 2005 9:33am | ||
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