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Whats a good but cheap sound card?
I'm needing a soundcard for my system and I'm wanting to know what is the best but cheap soundcard to get. What do i need to look for when purchasing one? I mean do i have to get a Soundblaster Live! 5.1 platinum or will a generic 32bit Asound pci card do just fine? TIA!
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You should be just fine with the $16.00 card from tigerdirect.com
I would suggest that if you have any interest in sound quality, that you not buy the ghetto sound card special of the week. Remember the primary function of these machines is to play music. I have a SB Awe 64 Gold (Not just the Awe 64). The difference between it and my old C-Media PCI card is remarkable. It eliminated all the electrical noise I had. I actually gave away my ground loop isolator. Granted this card isn't being sold any more (except eBay) and it was a $250 card when it was new..
A nice SB Live Value should suffice. However, having RCA out rocks.
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What cards have RCA outputs these days?
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Check out the Turtle Beach - Santa Cruz. I just checked prices and you can get it for less than $75 bucks. I have it and it kicks ***. It has 6 channel output so you can have seperate sub outs and control the volume. Sound quality is excellent and it has a great GUI. I have 2 amps, an external CDRW, and a VCR all running directly into it. Check it out.
Good luck
I would recommend the SB AWE64. They're very cheap nowadays, but produce extremely high quality sound. Probably the best overall card that ever came out of Creative Labs.
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