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On 7 Apr 2003 04:37:53 -0700, docsavage20@yahoo.com (Doc) wrote:

>toofar@fromthesun.com (Aphelion) wrote in message news:<3e8fec45.8720279@news-west.giganews.com>...
>> On 5 Apr 2003 19:45:13 -0800, docsavage20@yahoo.com (Doc) wrote:
>
>> >Never said that, I was saying that a lot of people likely don't
>> >realize the results they can get with a SB.
>> 
>> For the record: Here's exactly what you said, I went back and picked
>> up the message it was in response to this statement from mehere. 
>> 
>> 
>> Mehere:
>> >You get what you pay for. Do you REALLY think that people pay $800 or more
>> >for a card such as a RME Hamerfall just for the boasting rights? Your
>> 
>> Doc:
>> >"Well, I'm sure that's what the makers of the "Pro" cards would like
>> >you think anyway. It likely irks them that for a fraction of the cost
>> >you can have high quality midi/digital audio from one source. For
>> >anyone who doesn't need multi-in/out, that Audigy or even a Live card
>> >will do a spectacular job."
>
>There is definitely a huge gap in the price/performance ratio between
>Audigy and other cards, in light of the fact that you get ultra
>powerful midi capabilities in the bargain.



>And you still haven't answered 2 questions:
>
>1) Have you ever used an Audigy? Not a Live, and Audigy.
>2) The hypothetical listening challenge. i.e. putting a chunk of
>change on your ability to pick out the Audigy in a blind comparison.

No, I said at least twice that I've never heard an Audigy, that my
basis for comparison is a Sounblaster Live. Your brain must be addled
from listening to the Audigy's harmonic distortion and bad MIDI/Audio
sync.  :-)

And would I put my money where my mouth is, absolutely. If the test
was fair and coverered a full range of music, including classical and
jazz, as well as full range sound efx and test tones. Not just
playback either... the source would have to be recorded and played
back on each card.

And btw, the low latency $149 M-Audio Audiophile 2496 and an
inrexpensive soft-sampler like:
http://www.vsampler.com/english/index.html

At $43usd VSampler buys a lot of power including soundfont support as
well as support for AKAI and Steinbergs LM4.

There are always choices.

Ap