From owner-freebsd-multimedia Fri Jan 5 21:23:19 2001 From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 5 21:23:18 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from green-dome.village.org (green-dome.village.org [204.144.255.34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70DA937B400 for ; Fri, 5 Jan 2001 21:23:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from green-dome.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by green-dome.village.org (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id f065NEh09521 for ; Fri, 5 Jan 2001 22:23:14 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <200101060523.f065NEh09521@green-dome.village.org> To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: best shielded/high s/n supported sound card? From: dlm-fbmm@weaselfish.com Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 22:23:14 -0700 Sender: dworkin@village.org Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org So I'm picking up a fair amount of environmental noise with my semi-cheapo ES1371 sound card (things like high-frequency noise when an xterm scrolls; a different, continuous background HF noise; some 60 Hz buzz, etc). Some of it, like the 60 Hz buzz, is almost certainly due to the cable run between the machine and the mixer. However, I strongly suspect that the HF problems are due to radiated energy within the machine's case. The ES1371 has pretty much no shielding, after all. My question is, what's the most noise-free (both internal, and from induction) card that's supported by FreeBSD? Second, what's the best supported card in terms of sound quality (assuming no induced noise, etc)? Hopefully both of these are the same card, but if not, could I get pointers to information on each, or reviews, or something? Thanks much. Dworkin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message