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    sound card and speakers

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by someone777, May 6, 2007.

  1. someone777

    someone777 Notebook Evangelist

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    i know somebody have asked this but what is the best sound card for notebooks? i was looking at creative's ubs ones but with bad reviews
    also i need the sound system (music listener and movie watcher) i want one with good bass and tremble. any ideas?? i was looking at Logitech® Z5300e, got good reviews on bass sounds. i like other recommendations as well
     
  2. Ethyriel

    Ethyriel Notebook Deity

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    A lot of people love them, but I maintain that Logitechs are all bass. The better Altec Lansing are more balanced, but they still don't come close to Klipsch. Personally, I went the monitor route. I decided not to go all out and do the balanced interconnect thing, but picked up some Edirol MA-15D which I'm driving with the TOSlink from my HT Omega Striker.

    The Edirols don't have a seperate subwoofer (though you can output to one from them, and adjust the crossover even), but the 4" drivers do a surprisingly good job with bass extension. The musicality of the bass is a real strength, surpassing the Promedias in my opinion.

    If you go the stereo route and have a type II PCMCIA slot you could get an Echo Audio sound card. You would have to run analog w/ an adapter, but it should work well. The benefit would be it's portable, so you can use it to drive a good pair of headphones exceptionally well when you're on the road.

    For an external solution, I've always liked Terratec. Their USB 5.1 MKII looks very nice, but I don't know how much luck we'd have getting it here in the states. Of course, you have a soccer picture in your avatar, so you're probably not in the states :) M-Audio also makes some good parts, but I've become rather disenchanted with them. The quality is still excellent, they just like to switch internal interfaces up between revisions and it causes problems with open source drivers.
     
  3. Syndrome

    Syndrome Torque Matters

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    If your just going to get a 2.1 then I'd definately go with the Klipsch Pro Media.
     
  4. someone777

    someone777 Notebook Evangelist

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    wow...
    nice info but too much for me. there goes my brain. haha. ill just read it over and over again
    anyway do you know any software for allowing me to do that??

    any way
     
  5. Ethyriel

    Ethyriel Notebook Deity

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    I'm sorry, what do you need software for?