Can anyone recommend a USB (or Firewire) soundcard which is definitely capable of 5.1 surround output? After a lot of fiddling trying to make my onboard chip output 5.1 (hda-intel, AD1986A chip on Asus A8N-VM CSM motherboard) I'm finally thinking of giving up on that and using an external card. The computer in question has no free PCI slots. The only real restrictions are that it can output 6 channels and has decent sound quality. S/PDIF output, being powered over the USB bus and 96/24 output would all be good but aren't essential. The main ones I've considered so far are: Terratec Aureon 5.1 USB MKII http://sounduk.terratec.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=230 Turtle Beach Audio Advantage SRM http://www.turtlebeach.com/site/products/audioadv/srm/producthome.asp Soundblaster Audigy 2 NX http://creative.com/products/product.asp?category=1&subcategory=205&product=9103 Soundblaster Live! 24-bit External http://creative.com/products/product.asp?category=1&subcategory=206&product=10702 Can anyone with experience of these, or other similar cards, share their experiences? If I have to buy another card I _really_ want it to just work (tm)! Cheers -ol ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
