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Topic: I think I blew out my SOUND CARD? (Read 3209 times) previous topic - next topic
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I think I blew out my SOUND CARD?

Hello, all 

Title says it all...  I was just checking to make sure a very old (solid state, I believe--it sounds damn good) Pioneer SX-6000 still worked, and plugged it up to my SoundBlaster Live! Value, which I purchased for $25 in 1997.  It's been trucking for a long time. 

Well I also plugged an equalizer into this reciever in a very, very wrong fashion.  I knew it was a wrong fashion when I was deafened by what seemed to be not quite feedback  , even though the volume was all the way down.  Now I can't seem to get the card to do... anything.     


Swell, hun!  Woo.  I think I may cry.  If it did in fact suffer a loud death, believe you me do I need a new one.  The onboard audio on my NF7 is flimsy, hollow, with a very normalized feel that creates a sound stage the size of a postage stamp.

I do, have, and always will use a reciever--mostly with headphones, but with speakers from time to time...

do I need a Chaintech AV-710, that M-Audio Audophile card (my brother uses the 66 model for recording, and it sounds banging), or would a digital audio converter be best for me?  What really is a DA converter, anyway?

All I ever do is playback ape on the foo, or maybe some MPCs from time to time... my onboard mic will do just fine for all I use it for (UT2K4, anyone?).

Any advice?  I can't believe I killed it 

Thanks,
alex

I think I blew out my SOUND CARD?

Reply #1
Sure go ahead and get a Chaintech AV-710. The Audiophile 2496 would not be the best sollution for what you will use it for. External DAC would be meaningless.

I think I blew out my SOUND CARD?

Reply #2
i have the Chaintech AV-710, could not be happier
Chaintech AV-710

I think I blew out my SOUND CARD?

Reply #3
Is your board the vanilla NF7 or the NF7-S?  If the -S it should have damn good sound with Soundstorm.  If not, i would also recommend the av-710.
"You can fight without ever winning, but never win without a fight."  Neil Peart  'Resist'

I think I blew out my SOUND CARD?

Reply #4
It has Soundstorm, but I don’t think too highly of Soundstorm.  Just a smudge better then AC97 onboard--which is saying not too much—to me.

I really do enjoy my music; I have a Pioneer amp from 1972 which sounds as good as anything I've heard, and a pair of inconceivably expensive headphones to go with it.  A little Schubert on right now.  What I'm trying to say is that I really want if not the best, among the best method of getting music from my computer into my receiver.  That SB Live! Value card lasted 7 years; I want my next gizmo to last 14.

That Chaintech looks appealing, especially the price, but I just don't know about it.  I like the component outs offered by the 2496 M-Audio, which I could snag for about $80 ebay.  But I love the look and idea of the SL-1200, which would set me back 1-150:

http://www.stereo-link.com/Stereo/Catalog/root.html

I really don't know a lot about this; why would an external DAC be useless to me?

And/or for my needs (really pretty Hi-fi; I listen to almost all my music through my computer), would I notice the difference between the M-Audio, the $25 Chaintech, and the $150 DAC?

TAIA (Thanks again in advance?  New one there)

alex

I think I blew out my SOUND CARD?

Reply #5
Hmmm, soundstorm has always been pretty good for me.
"You can fight without ever winning, but never win without a fight."  Neil Peart  'Resist'

 

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And/or for my needs (really pretty Hi-fi; I listen to almost all my music through my computer), would I notice the difference between the M-Audio, the $25 Chaintech, and the $150 DAC?
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The difference between the Audiophile 2496, the Chaintech AV-710, and the $150 DAC would be much smaller than the differance bettween the SB live and all the above.