External Sound Cards

camote · 24th March 2003, 23:53

Can someone please recommend a good external sound card. I don't need it for anything special, just listening to music.

InvisableMan · 24th March 2003, 23:59

i didnt even know they made them

LawnGnome2005 · 25th March 2003, 00:03

The only external one I can think of is the Sound Blaster Extigy. Don't know much about it, but I think it plugs into USB. It will run you $125

Atmo · 25th March 2003, 00:04

The extigy is supposed to be ok. But i'd only reccomend one if you're using a laptop or a micro itx or similar desktop with no spare pci slots which would make upgrading is impossible.

Quack · 25th March 2003, 09:10

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Originally posted by InvisableMan
i didnt even know they made them

Never heard of any...good luck finding it!!!

Bilbo Baggins · 25th March 2003, 11:09

The Extigy is an external soundcard, but if you can, use a PCI card instead.

mark · 25th March 2003, 17:06

apaprently its crap cos of it being usb 1.0 and thats not fast enough or sumfing...

Atmo · 25th March 2003, 19:17

Usb 1.1 data transfer rate is 11mbps. A 44khz, 16bit wav file is 1411 kbps, so for general music it's not a question of bandwith, although if mixing 16 channels at that sort of sort of bitrate i'd say there would be some problems. I'd also hazzard a guess and say lag could possibly be a problem too.

The pci bus (32bit, 33mhz) has a data transfer rate of 133mB/s.

Orgone_Man · 25th March 2003, 21:11

I've had nothing but problems with USB when I've used it with anything else besides a mouse and a keyboard.

24th March 2003, 23:53	#1
camote Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 71	External Sound Cards Can someone please recommend a good external sound card. I don't need it for anything special, just listening to music.

25th March 2003, 00:04	#4
Atmo The Freak (Forum King) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 9,400	The extigy is supposed to be ok. But i'd only reccomend one if you're using a laptop or a micro itx or similar desktop with no spare pci slots which would make upgrading is impossible. :Psykotech:

25th March 2003, 19:17	#8
Atmo The Freak (Forum King) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 9,400	Usb 1.1 data transfer rate is 11mbps. A 44khz, 16bit wav file is 1411 kbps, so for general music it's not a question of bandwith, although if mixing 16 channels at that sort of sort of bitrate i'd say there would be some problems. I'd also hazzard a guess and say lag could possibly be a problem too. The pci bus (32bit, 33mhz) has a data transfer rate of 133mB/s. :Psykotech:

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24th March 2003, 23:59	#2
InvisableMan Ninja Master! (Forum King) Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Hotel California Posts: 4,333	i didnt even know they made them

25th March 2003, 00:03	#3
LawnGnome2005 Major Dude Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 598	The only external one I can think of is the Sound Blaster Extigy. Don't know much about it, but I think it plugs into USB. It will run you $125

25th March 2003, 11:09	#6
Bilbo Baggins Wind Chime of the Apocalypse Join Date: May 2000 Location: The Forest Posts: 17,228	The Extigy is an external soundcard, but if you can, use a PCI card instead.

25th March 2003, 17:06	#7
mark Forum King Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Norn Ir'nd, leek... Posts: 6,287	apaprently its crap cos of it being usb 1.0 and thats not fast enough or sumfing...

25th March 2003, 21:11	#9
Orgone_Man Major Dude Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Earth Posts: 1,235	I've had nothing but problems with USB when I've used it with anything else besides a mouse and a keyboard.