From owner-freebsd-multimedia Sun Dec 13 16:08:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA01844 for freebsd-multimedia-outgoing; Sun, 13 Dec 1998 16:08:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from n4hhe.ampr.org (tnt1-73.HiWAAY.net [208.147.147.73]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA01831 for ; Sun, 13 Dec 1998 16:08:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dkelly@n4hhe.ampr.org) Received: from n4hhe.ampr.org (localhost.ampr.org [127.0.0.1]) by n4hhe.ampr.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id SAA60153 for ; Sun, 13 Dec 1998 18:08:04 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dkelly@n4hhe.ampr.org) Message-Id: <199812140008.SAA60153@n4hhe.ampr.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG From: David Kelly Subject: Re: SoundBlaster AWE 64 -- good choice? In-reply-to: Message from Zach Heilig of "Sun, 13 Dec 1998 05:26:28 CST." <19981213052628.A2983@znh.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 18:08:04 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message