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some ideas for the sound card

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In Reply to: Re: Been there....done that..... posted by MediaSeth on November 12, 2004 at 11:54:54:

I guess you know this but...
You might be getting hi fidelity hiss from MP3's. They are a lot more hissy than most people imagine. Try a real wav file to check the difference. A lot of napster stuff was recorded badly too - so you won't get good gain from it.
If all else fails try the Lynx hardware. I use it for the stereo I/O in my studio and the quality is fab.... and it supports pro trim standard in case you need more gain yet. Even at -10db trim I have more than enough to drive two sets of power amp inputs over 30 feet of low impedance balanced lines. Its expensive... but you get what you pay for.

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Re: some ideas for the sound card - MediaSeth 00:05:29 11/13/04 (0)
Yeah. Expensive is a problem. $200 was a stretch. But, you wrongly assume that I'm using it for Mp3's! :) I have a scratch disk with mostly PCM on it. I do have some MP3's in the playlist, though. But, I know it's not that. M-Audio emailed me that I should get a better USB connection. I'm trying that. But, I had the same problem with the INTERNAL card. So, who knows..

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