From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Dec 14 08:36:06 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA17669 for hardware-outgoing; Sun, 14 Dec 1997 08:36:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de (FzY1Xal4UhJPxcBn4dxfe6L8zBAh9Ni1@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de [139.174.243.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA17652 for ; Sun, 14 Dec 1997 08:36:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA27517 for freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG; Sun, 14 Dec 1997 17:35:58 +0100 (MET) Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 17:35:58 +0100 (MET) From: Oliver Fromme Message-Id: <199712141635.RAA27517@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: looking for a decent Soundcard Newsgroups: list.freebsd-hardware Organization: Administration Heim 3 Reply-To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 RZTUC(3) PL2] Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Andreas Braukmann wrote in list.freebsd-hardware: > I'm just thinking of stuffing a decent sound-card into my > FreeBSD workstation and wondering which soundcard to choose. > [...] > To make a long story short: I'm looking for a sound-card with decent > quality of sound (and signals ...) supported by FreeBSD, the > bad (NT 4.0) and the ugly (Win95) operating system. If you want very good sound quality at a reasonable price, you might consider the AWE64-Gold. It features an excellent frequency response and S/N ratio (if you're interested in details: there was an extensive test and comparison of various soundcards in the c't magazine about half a year ago [see their online index]). Since it is compatible to the complete SB product line, it is supported by virtually everything. Under FreeBSD, you should install the latest PnP patches (Luigi and Amancio did a GREAT job with their drivers!). Regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, Leibnizstr. 18-61, 38678 Clausthal, Germany (Info: finger userinfo:olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de)