On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 11:01:30AM +0100, Frank Barknecht wrote: > Hallo, > Julien Pierre hat gesagt: // Julien Pierre wrote: > > > However, besides the obvious portability advantage of USB devices, there > > is one other interesting feature of USB audio, which is to isolate the > > A/D and D/A converters outside the generally noisy computer case, and > > this can provide higher audio quality than an internal PCI device. > > I don't think, this is really true anymore. This was true, when there > were cables running from the sound(blaster)card to the CD-Rom drive, > which acted like a kind of antenna to collect electrical noise and > induce it into the soundcard. I think the problem has been improved, but not eliminated. Check the noise specs for Delta-66 vs Delta-1010 - the 1010 is several dB quieter. That said, the 66 is pretty darn quiet in my pc. -- Paul Winkler http://www.slinkp.com Look! Up in the sky! It's HONKY THARGIAN-TERMINAL! (random hero from isometric.spaceninja.com)
