From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 3 17:01:04 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E795106564A for ; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 17:01:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rodbzro@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f182.google.com (mail-gx0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BF758FC17 for ; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 17:01:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ggnk3 with SMTP id k3so129560ggn.13 for ; Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:01:03 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :content-type; bh=mMeK3rNgC7ZjF06J65DxIgPGaqR29BUQ8pLuadLTxDg=; b=SkBF+4ERO5ShQrSNnxZVkzPH6DBhj8pUEnx8qOWBTONixYzmJxrrnMQfPJ7s8TJnPA il7Tqxc7rXPJpADpSPd0DBpSIhIMHydxwRg+pjiZnoRH/N/osaNOzXxfDTW9QYhEzW6x GSQeBnwErIGv1Dr8VTpTSILp5Ix37/vC/BaKM= Received: by 10.236.136.1 with SMTP id v1mr14616012yhi.28.1320338252874; Thu, 03 Nov 2011 09:37:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.1.1.6] ([177.40.8.55]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id w68sm10163348yhe.14.2011.11.03.09.37.31 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 03 Nov 2011 09:37:32 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4EB2C349.6080304@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:37:29 -0200 From: Rodrigo Amorim Bahiense User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20111021 Thunderbird/7.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Help choosing high quality soundcard for audio playback (w/ headphones) X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:01:04 -0000 Hi everyone! I'm looking for a soundcard that "just works" under FreebSD. So far I've considered the following cards: M-Audio Audiophile 2496 or 192: Although they are cards built mostly for recording, I've read many reviews about the outstanding playback quality in these cards. The drawback is that many users also advice buying a mixer or amp for headphone listening. Asus Xonar Essence STX: This card seems very, very good. However, I only found one topic about them with FreeBSD on opensound.com forum, with no information about its recording capability, which for me is basically needed for voice chat only. The only hope I have about this card is the annoucement made for FreeBSD OSS 4.2 Build 2004 which apparently includes support for Asus Xonar DS/STX. HT Omega Claro Plus+: Many good reviews, but none related to FreeBSD. Couldn't tell so far if this board seems to have any support. Thanks in advance, -- Rodrigo