[alsa-devel] looking for advice on buying a card
Hello Guys I am thinking to buy pci express sound card. Nothing fancy, just something with dolby surround 7.1 and decent sound quality, rather inexpensive, i am not audiophile.
I have noticed that there are not that many sound cards out there which have descent support in Linux(unlike many forums claim). I have had MAJOR problems with pci xfi card from creative labs(fatality gamers edition), my buddy still has a lot of problem with it, like major issues with input. No mic - no skype or other voip, you know yourself...
I have found source of asus xonar dx(namely ebay), it is not that expensive compared to many other pci express cards out there, still is expensive enough, from alsa matrix it appears to be quite descent. Question is, is it worth buying? Is it painful to get it running?(probably nothing unusual, matter of loading module), does it work fully(does microphone work, does surround sound 7.1 work?)? Is there something better for similar money?(EUR 73 or £65 or $97) Please do not propose incompletely supported cards(while i wouldn't mind submitting issues to mail lists if i come across bugs, i wouldn't want product that doesn't work)
I appreciate any comments.
Thank you in advance. Dmitri
On Sat, 2 May 2009, Dmitri Seletski wrote:
Hello Guys I am thinking to buy pci express sound card. Nothing fancy, just something with dolby surround 7.1 and decent sound quality, rather inexpensive, i am not audiophile.
Exactly why do you want 7.1? How do you listen to your soundcard? What do you listen to?
I have noticed that there are not that many sound cards out there which have descent support in Linux(unlike many forums claim). I have had
You have done a survey?
MAJOR problems with pci xfi card from creative labs(fatality gamers edition), my buddy still has a lot of problem with it, like major issues with input. No mic - no skype or other voip, you know yourself...
Which version of alsa?
I have found source of asus xonar dx(namely ebay), it is not that expensive compared to many other pci express cards out there, still is expensive enough, from alsa matrix it appears to be quite descent. Question is, is it worth buying? Is it painful to get it running?(probably nothing unusual, matter of loading module), does it work fully(does microphone work, does surround sound 7.1 work?)? Is there something better for similar money?(EUR 73 or £65 or $97) Please do not propose incompletely supported cards(while i wouldn't mind submitting issues to mail lists if i come across bugs, i wouldn't want product that doesn't work)
I appreciate any comments.
Thank you in advance. Dmitri
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Dmitri Seletski wrote:
I am thinking to buy pci express sound card.
The Asus Xonar cards are the only supported PCI-E cards.
Nothing fancy,
That rules out the D2X.
just something with dolby surround 7.1
Now the only choice is the DX.
Is it painful to get it running?
No, it's standard PCI Plug&Play.
does it work fully(does microphone work, does surround sound 7.1 work?)?
Yes.
Is there something better for similar money?
There is nothing else (assuming that you do not want to pay more for the D2X just to get an S/PDIF input and colorful LEDs in the jacks).
Best regards, Clemens
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On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 9:10 AM, Clemens Ladisch clemens@ladisch.de wrote:
Dmitri Seletski wrote:
I am thinking to buy pci express sound card.
The Asus Xonar cards are the only supported PCI-E cards.
Nothing fancy,
That rules out the D2X.
just something with dolby surround 7.1
Now the only choice is the DX.
Is it painful to get it running?
No, it's standard PCI Plug&Play.
does it work fully(does microphone work, does surround sound 7.1 work?)?
Yes.
Is there something better for similar money?
There is nothing else (assuming that you do not want to pay more for the D2X just to get an S/PDIF input and colorful LEDs in the jacks).
Best regards, Clemens
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