I Would like to ask for help from anyone who has used a "MARIAN
MARC" series sound card.

The problem I'm having is with 88.2K and 96K sample rates only,
not 44.1K.
I am getting some wrong sample values in recording or playback
of wav files, this causes a crackling sound, e.g. like a badly
scratched vinyl record.

This has only happened since changing over to my current PC,
which is based on a P4 2.8GHz + ASUS P4P800 m/board + Win98se.(I
realise that Windows XP may be more suitable for this m/board)


I didn't have this problem on my previous pc which is an AMD
1GHZ + Gygabyte m/board, a far less powerful machine. I have
swapped the sound card between the two machines to verify this.
I have tried all the usual tweaks, I've stripped down the PC to
the bare minimum - no other PCI cards installed, I've got
everything possible on the m/board disabled in the BIOS, tried
lots of various settings like PCI latency, etc. The problem is
still there.
It's not the audio software - I mainly use Samplitude Pro.v7.2
but the problem is identical with other software I've tried.

I would like to hear from anyone who has used a MARIAN MARC
series card, (especially with ASUS P4 board and WIN98se).

I realise that this sound card is probably not used by a great
number of people, but I would appreciate any input on this.

Regards,

Terry.




I'm using a P4 2.8GHZ (fsb800), ASUS P4P800 m/board, 1GB ddram
(dual channelpc3500) 2x 120GB Seagate S-ATA drives, Plextor
Premium cd, ATI Radeon video card, MARIAN MARC4m sound card.