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Re: WTB: SB Live! Sound Card

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From: Stuffed Crust
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 00:00
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Chris Sidi <sidi@angband.org> wrote:
> Sound Blaster Live! sux0rs it.  Frequency Response is lax0ring, and the
> digital I/O is flawed.  There are cheaper cards that sound better.  See:

So ratings of "Very Good" and "Excellent" across the board are
"lax0ring" and "flawed"?

And the digital I/O is "flawed" because it's locked at 48kHz, not because 
the card sux0rs.

>   http://www.pcavtech.com/soundcards/summary/index.htm

http://www.pcavtech.com/soundcards/summary/ct4380a-44
http://www.pcavtech.com/soundcards/summary/ct4380d-44
http://www.pcavtech.com/soundcards/summary/ct4380d-48

And I might add that there is more than just the frequency response
thing.  The biggest appeal of the SBLive is the while EAX/surround thing;
the feature set, as opposed to the audiophile-ness.

So basically, with the board of Aureal jumping ship like mad and no other
real competitors (feature-wise) at the moment...

 - Pizza
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