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DenisF

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What sound system do you have?
24.04.04 at 16:33:20

We all know about your craze for voodoo cards, but what about sound systems?

I have a Hercules Fortissimo 7.1 card, with a Yamaha 7.1 speaker setup for games/movies,
a Hercules DigiFire 7.1 for the firewire ports (yeah, i keep a second sound card just for firewire Tongue

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And the onboard AC`97 for mp3 output to my stereo system (Panasonic, 2800watt).

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agrelaphon YaBB Newbies Offline Spirtoulis Posts: 33 Kozani Gender:	Re: What sound system do you have? Reply #1 - 24.04.04 at 20:42:17 SB Live5.1 3chanel Amp Designed by me Speakers (Visaton+Audax) Designed by me Sub (Peerless) 8) Designed by me Denis, are you sure you're getting 2,8KW from your amp? ??? That thing should be waaay biger than your PC
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DenisF Senior Member Offline So fluffy it hurts Posts: 409 Israel Gender:	Re: What sound system do you have? Reply #2 - 24.04.04 at 21:04:11 Gotta love Hercules cards eh patience? @agrelaphon yeah, my stereo is 300watt RMS (2800watt p.i.m.p.o) sounds really nice, sometimes even better than my 7.1 setup
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Re: What sound system do you have?
Reply #3 - 24.04.04 at 21:13:37

Card:
SoundBlaster AWE 64 Value (CT4520)

Speakers:
2 pairs of old 70's Stereo boxes.

PA:
80's Stereo radio/doubletape/disc/pa combi with damaged tape/disc part right out of a dumpster.

Equalizer to V. SB BASS and TREBLE to the max...booom Shocked

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Andreas

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paulpsomiadis God Member Offline -=3Dfx still rox!=- Posts: 2011 Newcastle U.K. Gender:	Re: What sound system do you have? Reply #4 - 25.04.04 at 03:40:24 Mine is just an SBPCI128... ...not too flash I know, but it's NEVER let me down! Really reliable and compatible! Nuff said! 8)
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Re: What sound system do you have?
Reply #5 - 25.04.04 at 14:35:29

I had two SB128 die on me Grin

and they sounded the same as cheap integrated sound or my old SB vibra 16.

Now I have a SB Live 5.1 digital, the sound is clearly better

it's plugged on a great 30+ year-old japanese ampli 8)
with a recent (2 year old) pair of JVC speaker (2x85W RMS)

http://www.sansui.us/images/AU999_Series/AU222_1.jpg
http://www.classicsansui.net/images/Literature/Integrated%20Amplifiers/AU-222/AU...
http://www.classicsansui.net/images/Literature/Integrated%20Amplifiers/AU-222/AU...

I paid it 30 francs ( less than 5 € Grin

). what do you think about it? (it seems to be 2x18W, but what is "46W music power")

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paulpsomiadis God Member Offline -=3Dfx still rox!=- Posts: 2011 Newcastle U.K. Gender:	Re: What sound system do you have? Reply #6 - 25.04.04 at 15:44:34 Geez, what were you doing with them? Hammer and chisel anyone? ??? I've had mine for more than five years and it's worked FLAWLESSLY! Sure it's not the best for sound quality, but it IS better than those crappy AC97 integrated pieces of horse manure!
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amp_man

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Reply #7 - 25.04.04 at 21:50:29

Well, I used to have a wonderful 500 watt 4.1 Sony sound system, absolutely amazing sound in my little tiny room, but I blew my speakers from that showing off one day. Now I've got a pair of 20w Zenith Allegro speakers running off the Sony amp, I can't push the volume higher than 3 without serious distortion Tongue

Oh yeah, and my sound card is a Philips SonicEdge 5.1, which works well enough for the money.

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Re: What sound system do you have?
Reply #8 - 27.04.04 at 08:44:04

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Geez, what were you doing with them? Shocked

Hammer and chisel anyone? ???

I've had mine for more than five years and it's worked FLAWLESSLY! Grin

Sure it's not the best for sound quality, but it IS better than those crappy AC97 integrated pieces of horse manure! Wink

Who says AC'97 is crappy, don't know what they are saying. Perhaps they have seen it working with the non-WDM drivers. I know a bunch of CMI8338 sound cards that really fit your description, as they are phisically having flaws in desing, no matter what drivers you are using. I would say that AC'97, if configured at it's best, would be near a Creative Audigy board (not for accessories).

And then again, for comparison, if Voodoo cards can't show newer games, it's not the videocards to blame for first, but the development of drivers and the games themselves. Same thing applies to sound cards. Drivers are almost crucial for performance and compatibility, sometimes more than the chips themselves.

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janskjaer

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Re: What sound system do you have?
Reply #9 - 30.04.04 at 18:25:18

Turtle Beach Santa Cruz / Videologic SonicFury with auxillary port, running on Cambridge SoundWorks 4.1 speakers with woof-woofer. Wink

These speakers are ace, I used to use them with the SBLive! Value as I bought them both together, but I wasn't impressed with the Live! and upgraded to current.

Only thing is, these speakers have a tendancy to pick up foreign radio signals such as French radio stations. They do this on their own accord! Undecided

Furthest they've managed to pick up is Israel Shocked

, all the way from sunny GB! 8)

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IG88 Full Member Offline Posts: 209 Australia Gender:	Re: What sound system do you have? Reply #10 - 03.05.04 at 11:52:55 soundblaster live 5.1 big ! old JVC quadraphonic amp runs 4 channel discreet ! running normal stereo speaker + old quad wall mounted rears
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