[Laurence Payne]

On 25 Aug 2006 16:48:09 -0700, wrote:

I just have my sound hardware built into my motherboard. If I get a
card like SoundBlaster Audigy 2 or M-Audio Revolution 7.1, is that
going to make my MP3's and CD's sound better? Do they have a much
better DAC than motherboards generally come with?

Do you particularly need 5.1 or 7.1? You could set your sights a
little higher than domestic/gamers soundcards. Though it won't make
much difference to MP3s :-)


Is there anyplace you can download high resolution 24 bit 192 khz or 96
khz music on the internet? Any binary newsgroups for that? Have you
guys had any luck making such hi-res recordings from vinyl records? Do
they sound better than mp3's?

Don't you guys think there should be a move towards something better
than the current mp3 technology? I wouldn't mind downloading bigger
files, like say 30 megabytes per song or something like that.

So use 16 bit wav files at 44.1KHz. Much better than MP3.