Hi Gary. Well, thank you for the idea, but i somehow not comfortable with it. I have to buy this thing, even if it's inexpensive, i will have to pay good amount of money for delivery. I am looking around 20 euro, not counting price for device itself. Than again, i have to buy new card and pay for delivery there. To make things worse, none xfi sound cards are no longer produced by creative labs and i really don't like idea of second hand sound cards(even though you have to be very skillful to break one of those). So it simply makes sense to pay a bit extra(i was loosing those money with that pcie to pci extentsion and its delivery anyway) but to get that card I was referring before, Asus Xonar DX I know it's supported by alsa, because of this: http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Matrix:Vendor-Asus I am just double checking, since this specific card is really promising one and i really feel like buying one. But again, i am opened for other options. Thanks a lot for your thoughts. I have kinda got used to USB cards by now myself and all those troubles they cause :) gary wrote: > Having spent an ungodly obscene amount of time trying to get two > different USB audio cards to work in 64 bit opensuse, I suggest not > trying to be a pioneer. I solved my need for multiple sound cards > (exceeding the number of PCI slots I have) by using a PCI bridge. > > For one soundcard, you can try thing: > http://www.siig.com/ViewProduct.aspx?pn=JJ-000111-S1 > It doesn't list linux in support unfortunately. However, the latest > linux kernal might recognize the card. Then pick a soundcard from the > list of supported devices. > > For my particular situation, I bought a Magma PCI expander on ebay. I > plugged it in and it worked with the soundcards I had on hand (Diamond > 5.1 using C-Media chipset). With the shipping, it worked out to be > about $39 a PCI slot. [My time, about 10 minutes, not counting > searching ebay.] Thus the price for the SIIG seems reasonable if you > only need to run one card. However, I can't vouch it will work. The > Magma boxes do work, but are obscenely expensive new and bulky. > > > > Dmitri Seletski wrote: >> Hello Guys >> I am thinking to buy pci express sound card. Nothing fancy, just >> something with dolby surround 7.1 and decent sound quality, rather >> inexpensive, i am not audiophile. >> >> I have noticed that there are not that many sound cards out there which >> have descent support in Linux(unlike many forums claim). I have had >> MAJOR problems with pci xfi card from creative labs(fatality gamers >> edition), my buddy still has a lot of problem with it, like major issues >> with input. No mic - no skype or other voip, you know yourself... >> >> I have found source of asus xonar dx(namely ebay), it is not that >> expensive compared to many other pci express cards out there, still is >> expensive enough, from alsa matrix it appears to be quite descent. >> Question is, is it worth buying? Is it painful to get it >> running?(probably nothing unusual, matter of loading module), does it >> work fully(does microphone work, does surround sound 7.1 work?)? >> Is there something better for similar money?(EUR 73 or £65 or $97) >> Please do not propose incompletely supported cards(while i wouldn't mind >> submitting issues to mail lists if i come across bugs, i wouldn't want >> product that doesn't work) >> >> I appreciate any comments. >> >> Thank you in advance. >> Dmitri >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> Register Now & Save for Velocity, the Web Performance & Operations >> Conference from O'Reilly Media. 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