Thread: Sound card reccomendation for **music**

Originally Posted by Jackboot

I use a SB Audigy 2 NX. 102dB s/n ratio is significantly better than most aftermarket head units.

I then connect the SB to an Audiocontrol three.1 line driver / equaliser. If you are serious about car audio, get one of these. You can control your subwoofer from this in-dash unit via knobs vs. messing around with software settings on your carputer to change your sub volume. The line driver portion of the unit is ideal for a carputer setup also.

I am actually considering getting one of the 30-band 1/3octave equalizers. I forfeit the convenience of having the dials in my dash, but I find that I don't fiddle with the outputs on my current head unit much, if at all. Once the imaging and sound are correct, the only thing I *ever* change is the level of the woofers. I don't mind using software for that, cause its only a few times a week that I change music genres

In regards to the Revolution 7.1...its outputs are front, center/LFE, rear, and back surround. With my current plan, I'd actually use all of those outputs. My question here is how do I differentiate the center and sub outputs? My center-channel speaker will be self-amplified, and my sub amp(s) will need a seperate signal. Do you let the equalizers and/or crossovers (external and internal) do the work? I guess I am just having a hard time visualizing exactly how everything would go together. And also...how does the M-Audio Revolution 7.1 compare to the Terratec Aureon 7.1?

Thanks for the help so far