I wrote: |> Sort of. For the first 10 to 15 seconds of playback, the audio |> quality is everything that I had hoped for. At that point, though, |> clicks and pauses begin which gradually get worse until the track |> eventually becomes just a series of clicks. I believe that these are |> underrun problems, though aplay and alsaplayer have only occasionally |> reported actual underrun values. Before I waste anyone else's time on this ... This turned out not to be a problem with the Audiophile card or with the alsa driver. Much swapping out of different components revealed that it was a problem with (one channel of) the amplifier. I apologize for the wasted bandwidth. The playback quality from this card under Alsa is just excellent. Sheepishly, Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user