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anyone using USB Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit External device?
I am interested in getting clean sound from my new laptop using Grado
headphone. Anyone using the box? thanks, gychang |
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wrote in message oups.com... I am interested in getting clean sound from my new laptop using Grado headphone. Anyone using the box? "Clean sound" and "SoundBlaster" (even internal Live!, without the limitations of a USB device) are not phrases often heard in the same sentence.... geoff |
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"Geoff Wood" wrote in message ... "Clean sound" and "SoundBlaster" (even internal Live!, without the limitations of a USB device) are not phrases often heard in the same sentence.... Especially not from those who have never tried one. I've never measured the box mentioned so I won't offer an opinion. I'm betting you haven't either :-) TonyP. |
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any actual users want to render an opinion?
gychang |
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Interesting question. These external boxes are pretty cheap, but I'm a
MIDI user, and I don't know if Cakewalk will trigger them or not. |
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I will be interested in listening to high quality CD/mp3, and not delve
into midi. gychang |
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Since they were selling for $49, I ran out and bought the box. I have
uploaded some large soundfont files into it, no problem. No latency, either. Ten years ago, I would have paid $1000 for sounds like this. |
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"Explorer" wrote in message
oups.com Since they were selling for $49, I ran out and bought the box. I have uploaded some large soundfont files into it, no problem. No latency, either. Let me put it this way - the 16 bit version of this device was really pretty good as a device for better quality listening. Ten years ago, I would have paid $1000 for sounds like this. Nahh, just a a really good $200 CD player would suffice from a raw sound quality standpoint. But, it might not be as convenient to use for editing! ;-) 10 years ago one of the top audio interfaces was probably some flavor or predecessor of the Turtle Beach Pinnacle. It was around $500 as I recall. |
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"Arny Krueger" wrote in message ... "Explorer" wrote in message oups.com Since they were selling for $49, I ran out and bought the box. I have uploaded some large soundfont files into it, no problem. No latency, either. Let me put it this way - the 16 bit version of this device was really pretty good as a device for better quality listening. Ten years ago, I would have paid $1000 for sounds like this. Nahh, just a a really good $200 CD player would suffice from a raw sound quality standpoint. But, it might not be as convenient to use for editing! ;-) 10 years ago one of the top audio interfaces was probably some flavor or predecessor of the Turtle Beach Pinnacle. It was around $500 as I recall. AFAIK the first ever PC "pro" sound card was the Turtle Beach Multisound, then Tahiti/Fiji, and by the time Pinnacle came out there were quite a few other good quality card appearing. geoff (who has justchanged his beloved Pinnie for an Audiophile 2496) |
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"Geoff Wood" wrote in message
"Arny Krueger" wrote in message ... "Explorer" wrote in message oups.com Since they were selling for $49, I ran out and bought the box. I have uploaded some large soundfont files into it, no problem. No latency, either. Let me put it this way - the 16 bit version of this device was really pretty good as a device for better quality listening. Ten years ago, I would have paid $1000 for sounds like this. Nahh, just a a really good $200 CD player would suffice from a raw sound quality standpoint. But, it might not be as convenient to use for editing! ;-) 10 years ago one of the top audio interfaces was probably some flavor or predecessor of the Turtle Beach Pinnacle. It was around $500 as I recall. AFAIK the first ever PC "pro" sound card was the Turtle Beach Multisound, then Tahiti/Fiji, and by the time Pinnacle came out there were quite a few other good quality card appearing. geoff (who has justchanged his beloved Pinnie for an Audiophile 2496) I guess that means you dumped your last computer with an ISA slot. My recollection is that the AP2496 does not have that much performance advantage over the Pinnacle/Fiji other than the high sampling. http://www.turtlebeach.com/site/kb_ftp/6006003.asp is an interesting trip down memory lane for me. I still have one of each boxed up somewhere in a storage container. http://www.pcavtech.com/soundcards/tbfiji/index.htm http://www.pcavtech.com/soundcards/TB_Pinn_2/index.htm |
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"Arny Krueger" wrote in message \ I guess that means you dumped your last computer with an ISA slot. My recollection is that the AP2496 does not have that much performance advantage over the Pinnacle/Fiji other than the high sampling. No, still got the ISA slot. But Somewhere between the VIA mobo and the driver weird stuff would happen, like BSODs in msfs.sys ( the Winders MAILSLOT driver !!!! ) in some apps, and occasional 5 sec auio pb pauses in another. Yes, fresh installs, etc. Now the problem is what to hang my DB50XG on. may convert it to a hardware box. It always works straight off on good midi files - little tweaking needed usually. Yes, the Pinnie sounds/ed great, even by current standards. geoff |
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