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by **Joe M** » Sat, 11 Jan 2003 08:09:57

I know there's always questions around here about what sound card to buy.
This mult-card review should help.

http://www.racesimcentral.net/

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Joe M.

by **Steve Smit** » Sat, 11 Jan 2003 23:09:11

Thx, Joe. Too bad the reviewer let himself be more affected by marketing
than the products themselves. Also too bad he didn't test the Audigy2,
which, by all reports, is a 5-alarm improvement over the original Audigy.

by **Joe M** » Sun, 12 Jan 2003 01:02:10

Agreed, it's not the best content but a good place to see what's out there.
I'm also surprised not to see the Audigy 2 which is the first product in a
few years by Creative Labs that has caught my eye.

BTW, I just saw very interesting card hitting the US market this month
(similar to the Terratec DMX 6fire which is not available). It's called the
M-audio Revolution. 7.1 capable. True 24/192 recording. Decent software
bundle. Only $99.

http://www.digitalconnection.com/Products/Audio/revolution.asp

http://www.harmony-central.com/Newp/2002/Revolution-7-1.html

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Joe M.

> Thx, Joe. Too bad the reviewer let himself be more affected by marketing
> than the products themselves. Also too bad he didn't test the Audigy2,
> which, by all reports, is a 5-alarm improvement over the original Audigy.

> > I know there's always questions around here about what sound card to
buy.
> > This mult-card review should help.

> > http://www.tech-report.com/reviews/2003q1/soundcards/index.x?pg=1

> > --
> > Joe M.

by **Damien Smit** » Sun, 12 Jan 2003 17:00:55

I used to own a Terratec DMX - great hardware but possibly the worst drivers the
computing world has ever seen. It came out in 1999 and cost a fortune but
Terratec couldn't even be bothered offering driver support for WinME or Win2K/XP
and still haven't.

by **Steve Smit** » Sun, 12 Jan 2003 22:29:36

Wow! M-Audio card looks like a great value. (Altho I'm hooked on
Creative's front-panel I/O & controls.) Anybody tried it w. GPL yet?

> Agreed, it's not the best content but a good place to see what's out
there.
> I'm also surprised not to see the Audigy 2 which is the first product in a
> few years by Creative Labs that has caught my eye.

> BTW, I just saw very interesting card hitting the US market this month
> (similar to the Terratec DMX 6fire which is not available). It's called
the
> M-audio Revolution. 7.1 capable. True 24/192 recording. Decent software
> bundle. Only $99.

> http://www.digitalconnection.com/Products/Audio/revolution.asp

> http://www.harmony-central.com/Newp/2002/Revolution-7-1.html

> --
> Joe M.

> > Thx, Joe. Too bad the reviewer let himself be more affected by
marketing
> > than the products themselves. Also too bad he didn't test the Audigy2,
> > which, by all reports, is a 5-alarm improvement over the original
Audigy.

> > > I know there's always questions around here about what sound card to
> buy.
> > > This mult-card review should help.

> > > http://www.tech-report.com/reviews/2003q1/soundcards/index.x?pg=1

> > > --
> > > Joe M.

by **The Enigmatic O** » Wed, 15 Jan 2003 18:43:56

says...

Well, others have explained the Audigy2 thing, but the Santa Cruz was
covered in an earlier article (linked to in this article.)

-Tim

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