On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:25:12 +0200 Frank Barknecht <fbar@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hallo, > Bearcat M. Sandor hat gesagt: // Bearcat M. Sandor wrote: > > > Because doing D/A on an internal soundcard is noisy. I can hear the hum of my > > fans coming through my tweeters. Having the D/A outside of the box is quiet. > > Granted in a year or so i'll be replacing this with something better like a > > RME ADI-8 QS or universe willing a Lexicon MC12. > > > > I do know how to use ebay, but i don't have much money at the moment. $100 is > > about my limit to spend on this. > > But the M-Audio Audiophile USB is $250 according to m-audio.com, so > it's out of your price range (and it's way overpriced anway IMO). The > M-Audio Audiophile *PCI* is much less than $100, so why not buy this? > As I wrote in another mailing list's thread with you, I can (almost) > assure you that it won't be affected by the fan noise. > > Ciao I have the 2496 card, which I guess is the one you are talking about. I've used it in two quite different machines, and never had the slightest problem with noise etc. -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/linux-audio-user
