[mythtv-users] which sound card to get?
Jesse Guardiani
jesse at wingnet.net
Mon Mar 13 14:21:41 UTC 2006
Kevin Kuphal wrote:
> Raphael Pooser wrote:
>
>> It seems that it has come time for me to get a new soundcard. My
>> onboard sound does very well, when it works. However, every now and
>> then it does a very odd thing. One recording will be fine but then the
>> very next recording could have amazingly bad sound. It sounds as if the
>> sample rate as dropped to and extremely low value, and in addition, all
>> the sounds have a strange high pitched nature to them, as if the bottom
>> range of frequencies had been simply thrown out or as if the speakers
>> were holding metal tubes up to their mouths.
>>
>>
> I find the Turtle Beach Riviera (about $25 at newegg.com) to be a great
> card. Optical SPDIF output and it works out of the box with almost no
> configuration.
>
I'll second that. If you need optical output, the Riviera is a very nice
card.
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Jesse Guardiani
Programmer/Sys Admin
jesse at wingnet.net
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