Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 08:48:13 +0100 (MET) From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> To: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ensoniq 1370 vs. 1371 vs. sb128 (fwd) Message-ID: <199812070748.IAA14507@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
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I think this can be relevant to the group and therecent ENSONIQ-related questions. as for the portability of drivers, i have no idea, the card i have is a 1370-based one. the posting to which this msg replied seems to suggest that a 137o driver does not work with a 1371 but given the newsgroup it came from (well... i also post there evey now and then:) it might be something as trivial as a mismatch in the PCI ID. cheers luigi > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Sun, 29 NOV 1998 18:43:46 -0800 > From: Scott Bobo <jazzbo@slip.net> > Newgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.tech > Subject: Re: Ensoniq 1370 vs. 1371 vs. sb128 > > The main difference between the 1370 and the 1371 is that the > 1371 has a "standard" interface to the codec. > > Not long after the release of the first AudioPCI card (1370 based), > the industry more or less standarized around a model that separated > the audio subsystem's digital functionality (bus interface, controller, > sample rate converters, etc) from it's analog functionality (preamp, > mixer, etc). This wa3 done mainly to save money, but it also improved > the performance (by and large) of mainstream chip sets which had > the digital and analog sections one one die. > > The 1370's interface was defined by the codec used in the design, > the AKM4531. Ensoniq changed the 1370 to use the lower-cost > AC'97-compliant codecs and called the new chip the 1371. There > are very few other differences between them (some change to the > SRC's). > > The SB128 uses the 1371. It also has a very nice stereo amplifier > on it. I use it with passive bookshelf speakers and get great sound > for little money. An interesting software feature available on the > SB128 is the ability to use digital audio from the CD across the > IDE bus, eliminating the very noisy DAC's in most CD-ROMs. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message
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