Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 23:59:19 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: Zach Heilig <zach@gaffaneys.com>, Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk>, multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SoundBlaster AWE 64 -- good choice? Message-ID: <19981213235919.D5444@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <19981213052628.A2983@znh.org>; from Zach Heilig on Sun, Dec 13, 1998 at 05:26:28AM -0600 References: <19981212202639.48886@nothing-going-on.org> <19981213052628.A2983@znh.org>
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On Sun, Dec 13, 1998 at 05:26:28AM -0600, Zach Heilig wrote: > On Sat, Dec 12, 1998 at 08:26:39PM +0000, Nik Clayton wrote: > > Is the SoundBlaster AWE 64 a good choice of soundcard for FreeBSD? > > I plan on using it for playing MP3s, as well as wiring my CD and BT848 > > output through it. > > It's ok, but definately not the best choice. I have one, and it is > quite noisy (If lots of hiss doesn't bother you, it's a fair choice, > just don't plan on getting good results when digitizing audio). I > think I read that it barely has 40dB SNR. The regular soundblaster > 16 has about 35dB SNR. Just about anything is better than a > soundblaster in this respect. The specs for the AWE64 Value claim 90dB SNR, for the Gold 100 (or was that 110?) dB SNR. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message
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