On 27/05/08 04:28:54, Joshua Boyd wrote: > It seems to me that most audio cards with preamps put the preamps in > an external box, so going with external preamps might not be so bad > if you can find some cheaply. There are at least two good reasons for doing this: 1. Inside the PC case is an electrically noisy environment. Given that mic pre-amps are rather more sensitive than line level inputs they are likely to pick up less noise outside the PC case. 2. The metal stip on the back of a PCI card has limited space to mount connectors. An XLR connector as used for mic inputs certainly wouldn't fit so the choices are to use a breakout box or use some other connector and then supply a little adapter lead. Steve. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
