From owner-freebsd-multimedia Sun Dec 13 14:59:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA19812 for freebsd-multimedia-outgoing; Sun, 13 Dec 1998 14:59:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA19805 for ; Sun, 13 Dec 1998 14:59:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id XAA18430; Sun, 13 Dec 1998 23:59:46 +0100 (CET) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id XAA32940; Sun, 13 Dec 1998 23:59:45 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <19981213235919.D5444@follo.net> Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 23:59:19 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund To: Zach Heilig , Nik Clayton , multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SoundBlaster AWE 64 -- good choice? References: <19981212202639.48886@nothing-going-on.org> <19981213052628.A2983@znh.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <19981213052628.A2983@znh.org>; from Zach Heilig on Sun, Dec 13, 1998 at 05:26:28AM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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