Dwyloc wrote:
I have recently purchased a Mediator SX PCI bus board and was thinking about adding a sound card to my classic Amiga setup.
Dose anyone have any advice about which model of card works best, I was thinking about getting a Terratec 512i from amigakit as I have a Terratec card in my PC and I am very happy with it. But it more than twice the price of an SB128 and I have know idea if it’s really any better.
I was just planning to use it to playback mp3 and mix the onboard audio from Paula and my CD-ROM so I don’t really care about recording quality, but I am willing to pay the extra if the more expensive card will give be better sound quality when connected to my HiFi or a more stable system.
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Well - I have the Terratec 512i digital and its really good.
It has 4 channels (2 front, 2 rear) and one digital output.
I had been looking for a suond card with dolby 5.1 or even 7.1, but Elbox told me that 5.1 soundcards are not supported yet - drivers are still in developement.
So it got the Terratec 512i digital, as the Elbox guys said this would be the best choice.
The only problem I have with it is if I connect the soudcard to my amplifier: there is a kind of buzz - maybe because of a ground loop which I could not locate up to now.
The funny thing is that it starts buzzing as soon as I plug the cable from the amplihier into the soundcard - no matter, if the soundcard is fitted to the Amiga (powered on), or if the soundcard just lies on the table...
:-( :-?
A friend of mine had the same problem with is PC and solved it by using the digital output.
:idea:
I plan to do the same - I just have to find an adaptor optical -> Chynch, as my amp has no digital in...
