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Date:      Sun, 13 Dec 1998 18:08:04 -0600
From:      David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>
To:        multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: SoundBlaster AWE 64 -- good choice? 
Message-ID:  <199812140008.SAA60153@n4hhe.ampr.org>
In-Reply-To: Message from Zach Heilig <zach@gaffaneys.com>  of "Sun, 13 Dec 1998 05:26:28 CST." <19981213052628.A2983@znh.org> 

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Zach Heilig writes:
> 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 AOpen AW37 claims 85 dB SNR.

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David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net
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