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>In article <Pine.SUN.3.90a.941031031225.22023A-100000@humus> Richard <cs5rcs@humus.ucc.hull.ac.uk> writes:
>
>>Oh No! - I had a Maui once - 7 months ago - and I'm sorry Turtle Beach but
>>it was honestly totally and utterly Crap! I already had a SCC1 so I could
>>compare the two cards running simultaneously switching between them
>>(playing the same midi track) on the amp. Ok, I bought the Maui to use the
>>sample-store feature (making instruments out of samples) but believe me,
>>you don't want to hear the Maui! God! The sounds sounded muffled, as if
>>coming from behind a pillow, and was just very low quality. It may have
>>been from a bad batch but I didn't think so (although the waveblaster
>>upgrade pins were missing from the board!) I think the design was simply
>>flawed. The sound card I use now - AWE32 is much better than the Maui,
>>quality wise, and in fact, 'everything else' wise as well! I'm referring
>>to supplied documentation and software. But, then the Maui never did catch
>>on so I was glad to see the back of that card only a few days after trying
>>it out. (I sold it to someone who had never heard the SCC1). Well, that's
>>what I think about the Maui. It disgusts me! :-(*)
>
Were you using the 32K or 44.1K sample rate?  It defaults to 32K (to
save space) which means that it tops out at 14K-16K depending on the
D/A and Nyquist filter.  The high end is much better if you use the
higher sampling rate. 

As for relative sound quality, it doesn't quite match the Tahiti in
terms of sound quality, but it is very usable.  And since it only
costs $120-160 depending on where you get it, methinks you protesteth
too much!!

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