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Bearcat M. Şandor wrote:

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> On Wednesday 14 January 2009 18:01:06 Loki Davison wrote:

>> D/A conversion isn't done in the box with the sound card i mentioned,

>> the echo 3g i have. Google for pics. But on cards where it is, sounds

>> quality / isolation / noise is still far better than most usb cards.

>> The whole usb / out of box thing is cheesy sales pitch basically. Get

>> a cheap pci card => be happy. Look at anything with envy chip

>> basically and m-audio delta, echo's cards, etc. Should find a much

>> better setup than a bunch of dodgy usb things. > than one card is a

>> really bad idea unless they are designed for it, and from my

>> experience, usb audio is a really bad idea on it own ;)

> Thanks Loki.  I appreciate the help.

> I actually have a M-Audio delta 1010LT. I found i could not play two streams

> at the same time. So i  hooked things up to the intelHD (onboard sound) and

> was amazed at how much better it sounded.  I was dumbstruck. A cloudiness was

> gone and imaging was much more precise.   I don't know what to say save that

> my intelhd may have advanced past the Delta 1010LT. It's an old card and this

> board is only  year old.

I seriously doubt the HDA has gotten better than a 1010LT. More likely

you didn't have it or something else on the system setup right.
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David

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