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jasonsjwou · 10-17-2006, 04:47 PM

RedGTi,

I searched for two days (digging my old computer drives and the CDROM archives) and I just cannot find the website archives where they used the M-Audio 1010 (External version AND LT version) for a software driven Active Xover with EQ and Notch filter and etc.

I'll be keep looking. I know the quality of the M-Audio 1010 series is really good. If I remember correctly, people at M-Audio were more than willing to share their driver library so people can modify it. What I'd really liketo do, is to use the Auzentech X-Meridian PCI 7.1 card with KX project. The X-Meridian has user replacable OpAmps... yeah Audiophile grade Opamps (8 of them) can be just as expensive as the card itself, but it will make good improvement..

Meanwhile, a viable solution today (where there are lots of people actually doing this) is to use a SB Audigy 2 (SB0350) with Audiocontrol LC8 8 channel Line Driver.

SB0350 is a 7.1 channel card, which means we have 8 channels to play with.
Sonic quality is not as good as the best of the best external soundcard (they call these Audiocards).... but I think it is quite usable.

So, configure it as 3 way fronts (tweet, mid, woofer) and a 2 subs in rear so that's 8 channels. That should be good enough.

BTW

Do you know if anyone makes a car amp with balanced input?

10-17-2006, 04:47 PM	#20
jasonsjwou Low Bitrate Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: KOREA,USA,AUSTRALIA Posts: 101	RedGTi, I searched for two days (digging my old computer drives and the CDROM archives) and I just cannot find the website archives where they used the M-Audio 1010 (External version AND LT version) for a software driven Active Xover with EQ and Notch filter and etc. I'll be keep looking. I know the quality of the M-Audio 1010 series is really good. If I remember correctly, people at M-Audio were more than willing to share their driver library so people can modify it. What I'd really liketo do, is to use the Auzentech X-Meridian PCI 7.1 card with KX project. The X-Meridian has user replacable OpAmps... yeah Audiophile grade Opamps (8 of them) can be just as expensive as the card itself, but it will make good improvement.. Meanwhile, a viable solution today (where there are lots of people actually doing this) is to use a SB Audigy 2 (SB0350) with Audiocontrol LC8 8 channel Line Driver. SB0350 is a 7.1 channel card, which means we have 8 channels to play with. Sonic quality is not as good as the best of the best external soundcard (they call these Audiocards).... but I think it is quite usable. So, configure it as 3 way fronts (tweet, mid, woofer) and a 2 subs in rear so that's 8 channels. That should be good enough. BTW Do you know if anyone makes a car amp with balanced input? Last edited by jasonsjwou; 10-17-2006 at 04:51 PM.