OT: 7 Soundcards Reviewed

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.

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. "Joe M." <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> 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. > > >

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 $99. http://www.digitalconnection.com/Products/Audio/revolution.asp http://www.harmony-central.com/Newp/2002/Revolution-7-1.html -- Joe M. "Steve Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:buAT9.2532$[email hidden]... > 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. > > "Joe M." <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > 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. > > > > > > > >

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.

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? "Joe M." <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Agreed, it's not the best content but a good place to see what's outthere. > 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 calledthe

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> M-audio Revolution. 7.1 capable. True 24/192 recording. Decent software > bundle. Only $99. > > http://www.digitalconnection.com/Products/Audio/revolution.asp > > http://www.harmony-central.com/Newp/2002/Revolution-7-1.html > > -- > Joe M. > > > "Steve Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:buAT9.2532$[email hidden]... > > 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 originalAudigy.

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> > > > "Joe M." <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says... >Yea, I read it earlier today, but it doesn't cover the Audigy2 or the >Santa Cruz, which is dissapointing. Well, others have explained the Audigy2 thing, but the Santa Cruz was covered in an earlier article (linked to in this article.) -Tim