On Monday 23 November 2020, Edward via tde-users wrote: > On 11/23/20 11:40 AM, BorgLabs - Kate Draven wrote: > > Ok update on the audio card question. > > > > Card chosen = SB Audigy RX - 100% natively supported. Please note this > > card has an optical io port that is ON by default when first > > installed. Turn it off to activate the 1/8 jacks. Otherwise there will > > be no signal out or in (no audio/mic/ or linein). > > > > The sound quality is as good as the card it replaced which is now in > > Gary's (brother from another mother) computer. He's having fun. Sadly, > > the RX, doesn't have a break out box like the Platinum does, so I have > > to make one. No biggy, 3 wires in a project box. > > > > According to the headaches I gave out freely at Creative Labs and a > > variety of other source. Any emu10kx chip is native on linux and, > > infact, has better support than mac and windows. Yeeeah for us. > > > > So.. solved, concluded, moving on (if anyone has any question please > > feel free to ask). > > This is good to know. I had been looking at my Creative Sound Blaster > Live! 5.1 (legacy PCI) sound card, which I believe has a year in the > early 2000's shown on its printed circuit board and have been > contemplating installing it in the other desktop, just to see if it > still works and if the audio is better than what's provided from the > on-board (NVIDIA). > > ____________________________________________________ I have tons of those and they all work perfectly. In fact, this machine has one Live! 5.1 and it's working grand. Go for it. Kate ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx