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Arnold,
Strange that they'd use one set of drivers for the front and rear. Huh.  I try

to keep my volume down at those levels too and it does seem to make a

difference.  
Can you explain why we seem to have 2 "Master" sliders and 2 "Line-In"

sliders?
Strangely enough, i was so distressed by the sound yesterday that i took it

out of the system and re-introduced my Nvidia chip-set ("Hi, Nvidia meet my

Carver amp. Again."),  When i listened to it carefully it only sounded a

little better, but more to the point the smoke damage was showing again with

channel drop-outs.
So i re-reintroduced the SB ("Hey SB meet my Carver amp. Again." Carver: "Will

you quit talking to me?! I'm just trying to sit here an hum by myself"). I

recompiled my kernel and alsa-libs and fired it up.  It actually sounded OK.

Then i played a track through mplayer with a switch of -srate 48000 and it

sounded better still.
I donno why i sounds better this time, but hearing is *so* based on

expectations.  It's not great, but it will do till i can afford something

better.  I wonder how much better the M-Audo Audiophile sounds?
As far as your Tascam goes i might consider that. How much do you want for it

and how much higher is the sound quality? All i need is stereo out + line-in

for mythtv.
Thanks,
Bearcat
On Thursday 06 September 2007 in an email titled "Re: [LAU] How much does my

new SB Extigy suck and why?" Arnold Krille wrote:

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>Am Mittwoch, 5. September 2007 schrieb Bearcat M. Sandor:

>> If you're hearing the same thing i am, then it can't just be the bit rate

>> conversions. I'm thinking there is an exceptionally poor D/A converter in

>> there in the first place.

>

>I think it has to do with the converters (maybe both DA and resampling) but

> it only seem to happen at higher volumes. So I am turning the volume down

> to 80% on master and 80% on PCM and leave it there.

>

>And on the sblive the converters for rear are better then the front ones,

>because front (and line-in and mic-in connected at the board) are feed

>through a ac97 while the rear-channels and all the external plugs on the

>livedrive are through the emu10k1.

>

>> Also, if you're hearing what i am, how can you stand it?

>

>I don't use the full volume scale. And for professional use I do have two

>external devices :-) (Tascam US-122 (anyone interested in buying it?) and a

>Presonus FirePod)

>

>> I'm asking all of these questions, not just because i am an audiophile

>> snob, but because i want to learn as much as i can about this stuff.

>

>Hey, if you are an audiophile snob, maybe I can sell you some

>extra-super-duper extremely high quality cables(*)?

>

>Sorry, was temporarily trapped in irony-mode for the last paragraph. :-)

>

>Arnold

>

>(*) Of course they are unshielded. Shielding on these class of cables costs

>extra...