vote for sound card

[3dfxrain]

shocking, though good recovery

[brothergc]

hmmm,, did not know that. okay, maybe will look at a better card then..i have onboard sound on all my rigs, and want to listen to music now and then. will keep ya informed.

Go with the E-Clario , yes its more then you or I want to pay but I figure going PCIE 1x and a clario will make this card as future proof as its going to get from todays viewpoint .

[3dfxrain]

What do you want/use as speakers or headphones with it? I guess they must be quite nice to make the sound card sound better.

[brothergc]

What do you want/use as speakers or headphones with it? I guess they must be quite nice to make the sound card sound better.

I will be using some 2.1 Klipsch promedia speakers with this card. Have high hopes for the E Clario . I will have it by monday night so we will see if it lives up to the hype all new egg reveiws have given this card , we shall see.

[brothergc]

woo hoo ! card rocks ! Even beats out the bluegears and way better then any XFI I heard . Happy camper here , just sorry I fooled around creatives camp . Never again .
Been thinking of upgrading the opamp . One guy at new egg recomended a
National LM4562 ,Dual DIP where would one buy one of these ? would it be worth it ?

[IAmGhostDog]

Have a browse here:
http://forums.guru3d.com/forumdisplay.php?f=23
You might find some useful information
(Sticky on Op amps and modding)

[3dfxrain]

cmedia chips and other parts on cards, whatever mate, pretty awesome as far as I know

[Poci]

Only problem with xfi, you might not have it I do though, is with xram. Some games dont like it and it causes crash, must be disabled for stability.
You need to do it contact me, I have a regfile to disable it.

[brothergc]

Have a browse here:
http://forums.guru3d.com/forumdisplay.php?f=23
You might find some useful information
(Sticky on Op amps and modding)

apreciate the link , good reading but after 5 pages I gave up . Looking for a place to buy a opamp . Auzentechs site is offering them at a high price , but seeing I don't know where else to buy , I might as well just order one.
http://www.auzentech.com/site/produc...LME49710MA.php
Looks like what I need , a updated version of the LM4562 with a adaptor so its plug and play .. I will post back when the order comes in
EDIT
Crap its on back order

[John C]

http://parts.digikey.com/1/parts/447...10ma-nopb.html

[brothergc]

just got a email from HT Omega , and one of their techs recomended this
http://search.digikey.com/scripts/Dk...=%20LME49710NA

looks good like it should just slip right in , for the price I will give it a go

edit do not use that part from above link
corected link is this:
http://search.digikey.com/scripts/Dk...words=LM4562NA

[geekkyyy]

woo hoo ! card rocks ! Even beats out the bluegears and way better then any XFI I heard . Happy camper here , just sorry I fooled around creatives camp . Never again .
Been thinking of upgrading the opamp . One guy at new egg recomended a
National LM4562 ,Dual DIP where would one buy one of these ? would it be worth it ?

cool,,,,,going to get me one in a month...like a good sound card in my system

[geekkyyy]

I hate Creative stuff, have an Asus Xonar that I really like, especially for music. And it was $30.

how did you get it for $30...cheap

[brothergc]

cool,,,,,going to get me one in a month...like a good sound card in my system

I think you will be happy with it. Sure its expensive , but IMO worth it . Great tech suppoet too ! I got a responce from HT Omega in 24 hrs . Thats rare these days , and the Guy didn't speak broken english ! LOL Gotta love that !
Cant wait till I get my new opamp , heard many good things on this opamp. I will post back when it arrives .
The E Clario sound awesome in games , I played UT2004, mass effect, tomb raider , and forged alliance . All sound awesome , Music is clear and sharp. Beats out any XFI I ever heard and the clarios drivers are stable , take up a lot less resorces then creatives bloatware drivers.

As far a Asus cards , I suggest doing some research . They use their own software drivers and my search turned up many users not real happy with Asus . I tryed one of their pci versions of the Asus Xonar , and I was not real impressed . Sounded muddy . But to be fair , it was a open box version at new egg so that could have been a problem

[John C]

how did you get it for $30...cheap

It's the DS. Not the fanciest, but it has user-replaceable op-amps, and really sounds very good.