Audio

need a better soundcard than the audigy se value

jrockguy — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:06:21 GMT

Basically the audigy se value is a complete piece of **** sound card. I mean what were they thinking with the no treble control. So basically, I need a new sound card that will give me treble control, obviously. I care more about sound quality more for music versus sound quality in gaming and movies but I would like it to sound better than the Audigy se value in all departments. And I would like to not pay over $50 for it, basically, if it's better than the sound card I have and has treble control I want it. I don't want anything that is going to have excessive bass because I am listening to mainly instrumental music.

Bose companion 3 series II vs. series I?

wookieecrisp — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:18:20 GMT

Hi,

What's the difference between a

Bose companion 3 series I

Bose companion 3 series II

Is the quality of sound different, or is it just the design?

thanks,

wookiee

Who really makes my headset?

radomir — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:23:04 GMT

I recently bought this headset:
ABS AZ1 Virtual 7.1 Surround Sound Light Weight Circumaural USB Gaming Headset

I was simply looking for headphones that use a USB connector and look comfortable. These were a relatively nice price. However, the drivers that are installed are for a "USB PnP sound device." I checked Device Manager, and the driver provider is C-Media. But who really makes these headphones, and are they available from other manufacturers?

Confused on getting 5.1 or 2.1 audio

Acdcpwns — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:20:06 GMT

The way my room is set up i can't really put any speakers behind me i only have the three layers of my desk to stack speakers on. Is it worth it to get a 5.1 stereo system (mainly for music) like this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16836121006. Is 5.1 audio worth it if you cant get the speakers all around you? I don't really have a set to actually play around with. Also since its mainly for music i want quality and a decently high volume would i get better quality out of $50-70 2.1 speakers that it would be worth buying those over the 5.1 since i'm assuming the quality of the speakers themselves on the 2.1 would be better then the 5.1. Sorry if this is confusing i wasn't sure exactly how to word it. Basically is 2.1 better then 5.1 in quality if i cant get the speakers all around me. Also i have an evga 750i that supports 5.1 audio i dont want to buy a sound card unless i really have to.

Cracks and Pops on new system

soldyne — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:14:29 GMT

so I just built a new system and now I am having sound issues. this is my third build and I have never had sound issues before. I started off with basic built in sound from the mobo and got lots of cracks and pops (you'd think that with modern tech they could at least give decent sound from the mobo by now). then I tried my old SoundBlaster Live! that I have been using for quite some time and it is not supported in windows 7. then I buy a new SoundBlaster Audigy SE and it cracks and pops even with the newest win7 drivers. I even tried puting it into a different PCI slot and still get crappy sound.

I messed with the settings and set it all to high quality, 96Khz and 24Bit but no change.

I experimented with my wifes computer by moving my speakers and a test mp3 file to her computer. I used the same decoder (winamp) and on her computer it sounds crystal clear. the strange thing is that her computer has the exact same sound card, soundblaster audigy SE. her computer has winXP and and older AM2 motherboard. why is her sound crystal clear and mine is craptasitc?

This is ticking me off. I am not an audiophile and don't need perfect sound, I just don't want all the cracks and pops like bad static whenever I play a darn mp3. of all the things that could go wrong with a new build and a new OS it is the sound that is kicking my butt...I guess it could be worse...

ASIO sound card

gooberguy — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:11:36 GMT

hi all,

i currently use asio4all to have asio drivers for live playback, but oh do i hate it. it is laggy crashes like it was meant to. what sound card would be good for recording, and live playback - most likely one with in asio drivers.

thanks!

Good news from Turtle Beach

peterb — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:39:40 GMT

They already have a W7 driver for the Riviera and will be releasing one for the Montego.

http://turtlebeach.com/support/index.php?View=files

AC97 front panel audio cable question?

Texan1941 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:49:22 GMT

Now before someone says read the manual. I'd like to say I

have and thats what caused my problem. In october I purchased

a NZXT m59 case and ASUS M4A78T-E Mobo from Newegg

and I'm really pleased with both.Now heres my problem.

The ASUS manual shows the following pinout for AC97.

1=Mic2

2=Agnd

3 =Micpwr

4=NC

5=Lineout_right

6=NC

7=NC

8=No Pin

9=Lineout_left

10=NC

The NZXT cable has the same layout except it has straps from

pin5 to pin 6 and from pin 9 to pin 10.My concern is for the

Mobo which says NC on pins 6 &10 and I sure dont want to

damage it.Now heres the question,should these straps be cut or

or do they serve some purpose ASUS is not telling me about?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Creative Drivers

Mazate — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:56:47 GMT

Hello all... I just reinstalled windows vista-32 tonight and after some extensive searching on Creative's website, I'm unable to find the drivers for my sound card which is an Audigy Platinum. (SB0090) Does anyone have any ideas where I might find the driver on Creative's website or elsewhere? I find it hard to believe they wouldn't provide drivers for older cards but then again they want me to buy a new card. Thanks in advance.

Optical out on sound card not working

premis — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:25:31 GMT

I have a xplosion 7.1 DTS sound card. It seems to work fine using the headphone jack outputs but I cannot get the optical out to work. Does anyone know how I can get it to work? Is it a driver issue?

I appreciate any help I can get.

Sound Card:
xplosion 7.1 DTS Connect model:HDA-DXM7120

CPU:
amd Athlon XP

Motherboard:
HP Compaq ptgd1-la

Operating System:
XP

AV Receiver:

Yamaha

ac'97 not working on win 7

edo11111111 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:38:28 GMT

The other day I installed win 7 ultimate on my pc. As soon as I finished I installed the sound drivers. the audio worked but my ethernet didn't so I did a mobo bios update thinking it will fix the issue . Well it didnt and know the audio wasn't working either. Today I installed drivers for my ethernet and it works but my audio just won't work I've tryed the ac'97 update drivers for vista/win7 but when I start installing the drivers windows security pops up saying they cant verify the publisher so I can either install the drivers or not. So I click on install drivers anyway. After this maybe a few seconds later it pops up again and agian and it just wont stop. If you have any suggestions reply.

no 5.1 sound

brand — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:20:04 GMT

I built a computer last year and have a gigabyte motherboard with a optical audio out built into the board. Connected this via a optical cable to my receiver/amp and no sound. Have Reatek drivers loaded. What am I doing wrong? Only works with a wire jack from the green jack of the computer to the HD TV. This sound is not of high quaility. I would like to use my receiver/amp

Looking for a definitive audio answer

Guardian — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:08:11 GMT

Hey, all! I am looking for an answer to this question:

Will I notice a difference between my onboard AC97 audio and my Creative XtremeGamer sound cards both over optical and standard mini-jack?

Given:

-The sound card is built into my system (shown in my sig).

-The current sound is routed from my Creative card to my Logitech z5500 via optical cable as well as to my Plantronics Gamecom via mini-jack.

I do watch BluRay movies as well as music and video games. So, any ideas?

Thanks in advance!

I'm Desperate! Recording From "What You Hear"

products — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:39:11 GMT

Does anyone know a sound card that can recrod system sound? The source is called "What You Hear" or "Stereo Mix" usually.

I have Windows 7 RC x64 and will be soon getting Home Premium x64.

I have Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS that I purchased when I was using XP, and there was no audio driver for Vista. Just recently, Creative, the maker, released Windows 7 x64 driver. The playback is fine, but when it comes to recording What You Hear, the recorded sound often cracks. I have to reboot and do the recording first before anything else on my computer. Figuring it was too annoying, I purchased another sound card from SIIG Sound Wave 7.1 whose NewEgg customer rating was great. I asked a rep from SIIG using chat if I would have the option to record system sound, the option called What You Hedar or Stereo Mix, the rep said yes. But after installing the card and the latest Win 7 driver, I don't see the option to record system sound! I'm very frustrated about this right now. Sorry for the rant.

I need a card for which a Win 7 x64 driver exists and can record system sound without cracking. Anybody knows one?

Auzen X-Fi Prelude's problem

Kyure — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:27:25 GMT

I just purchased Prelude today, and I'm getting pops/static sound when playing music, video..etc.

I'm using Logitech G51 as my speaker, and running under Windows7 64bit.

I have download the newest driver from Auzen's site, and try switching PCI slot, but the noises are still there.

Is there a fix for this??

Thanks

Headset for iPod/Mp3 Player

Iusebigwords — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:59:05 GMT

My SkullCandy Hesh headsets broke a while ago and I've been looking for something with the same quality that's not earbuds.

My one problem is I can't stand headsets that sit on your ears instead of covering them.

I listen to a big variety of music Rap-Trance-Hardstyle-Rock-Post Hardcore so I'm not ruling out headphones that are just pure bass but I would prefer to have something that gives me very good quality without being all bass.

Building Audio Recording Workstation

Verve111 — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:31:47 GMT

Hey All - I'm brand new to this forum as well as computer building so I figured I would post a question I've been ruminating over ini hope for some direction.

I am in the process of learning about building computers to build myself an audio workstation. I felt that it was prudent to start with the backbone of the system so the motherboard is my first task. I think that I've narrowed it down to two units:

1. Asus - ASUS P6T WS PRO LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Core i7

2. Tyan - TYAN S7010AGM2NRF Dual LGA 1366 Intel 5520 SSI EEB Dual Intel Xeon 5500 Series Server Motherboard

I determined that I want to use a beefy motherboard hence the workstation/server units. I've read that audio recording and processing is more ram intensive, which further solidified my idea about a ws/server board. The Tyan offers some flexibility to run either a Xenon or i7 processors which may perhaps make it more usable into the future as DAW software is developed for Windows 7.

Ideas, suggestions or concerns? - thanks ahead of time.

-Philip

headphone/mic jack to hd-audio plug-Does it exist?

Helevitia — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:36:12 GMT

Greetings,

I own an Asus D2X audio card. It is known that this card does not have an HD-Audio/AC-97 plug to connect front headphone/mic connector. I was thinking I could circumvent this by plugging my headphone/mic stereo mini plug from the back of the sound card to the hd-audio/AC-97 plug inside the case so that I can use the front plugs. does such a dongle/cable exist? If not, any suggestions? Thanks!

PCI firewire card with Texas Instruments Chipset

basaquer — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:40:09 GMT

I'm trying to get ahold of a Firewire card with a Texas instruments Chipset for a PCI express slot in a desktop PC. Full size bracket. It needs to have at least one external 6 pin firewire slot. I don't know whether that's 1394 or 1394a.

The purpose is to connect an M-Audio firewire solo

It's a finger length PCI slot with one gap. It's not the tiny thumbnail size PCI slot.

It must be compatible with my motherbaord. The Texas Instruments chipset is essential.

This is my motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowImage.aspx?CurImage=13-128-357-S03&ISList=13-128-357-S01%2c13-128-357-S02%2c13-128-357-S03%2c13-128-357-S04%2c13-128-357-S05&S7ImageFlag=1&Item=N82E16813128357&Depa=0&WaterMark=1&Description=GIGABYTE%20GA-G31M-ES2L%20LGA%20775%20Intel%20G31%20Micro%20ATX%20Intel%20Motherboard

I'm in Brisbane, Australia. A local or Australian seller would be strongly preferred.

Sound Card FPS?

AMDGuy64 — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:54:59 GMT

I searched the forums didn't find anything but will a decent sound card raise my FPS at all? All m games run great on my rig I was just curious if I could squeeze out a few more FPS with a good sound card???? thanks for any & all replies!!!

Logitech Z-2300 Subwoofer Problem

wpru24 — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:29:10 GMT

Recently purchased a set of these and got them in today, hooked everything up and the sub does not work. If I leave the sub off the wired remote stays on and the two speakers play the music but when i actually turn the sub on the sound cuts out and the LED light on the wired remote goes off. Is this a problem that happens often? My sub defective? Any help would be appreciated.

Sound cutting out

treble — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:13:25 GMT

Hi, I have been having a problem on my computer that I have never experienced before. I only notice it when I am listening to music, which I am doing most of the time, but it could be affected by other activities as well. There is an audible beep from the my speakers and then the sound cuts out and intermittently plays some scrambled garbage then stops altogether. Then a few minutes later it will be fine again.

I was thinking it was my soundcard which is a Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer (standard edition), so I uninstalled the drivers and device and sweeped them and installed new drivers to no avail. Same problem keeps popping up.

Any help regarding this would be much appreciated as always

Thanks,

Treble

sound cards compatible with windows 7

bearman1 — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:36:31 GMT

guys i've got a creative soundblaster 5.1 live and sadly enough they dont support this card any more,sounds great.what a shame.anyway what cards are compatible with windows 7?thank you

Several sound issues

coreno — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:20:32 GMT

Gunna try and keep things short and to the point here.

I have a Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe motherboard and a Creative X-Fi Titanium. The Creative card I've had less than a year and when it works, it sounds great, but I have too many issues with it to want to keep using it.

My computer area is my sort of all-in-one area, meaning I have a 22" Samsung TV I use as a TV/Computer monitor. I have a BFG Nvidia GeForce 9600GT OC, and a DVI to HDMI cable (to a hdmi switch) to the TV. I have a PS3 also plugged into (the hdmi switch then) the TV's hdmi. I have stereo out on the TV to the line-in on the PC.

I have an old Creative Inspire 5200 5.1 computer speaker system.

Regardless of the HDMI switch or not, when the source is my PC on the TV, I get popping noises on the TV, and all sound outputs on the TV.

WHAT I WOULD LIKE
- The popping noise to stop
- An audio solution that permits me to get 5.1 surround from an external source (i.e. my PS3 via Optical)
- A sound card that supports stereo upmixing (a nice bonus, but I think already I'm asking for too much)
- Not having to spend my life savings and minimal waste (i.e. don't want to have to replace my speaker system)

Just got some awesome speakers

mjd2nd — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:54:24 GMT

Hey guys,

Thought i would tell everyone about the new speakers I got...

I decided that I didn't want to spend too much, but in the same token, I wanted something good...

So I got some altec lansing VS4121's...they are $80 but i would definitely recommend them...

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