Soundcard

Hi there,

I am wondering if there are any other manufacture beside Creative that makes soundcards for notebook?........ and whats your intake on Creative notebook soundcards...are they worthed?

 

What sort of interface are you looking at? Expresscard? PCMCIA? USB?

 

any...should work.....cus i will be upgrading my laptop in june....... i guess most newnotebook come with USB and expresscard...........most prob i will get the latitude E series...6400 to be released in early june

 

hmm there are a few USB options that are not creative. Might be costly though, have a look at M-audio and one of this...

But do you need a sound card? Are you getting one for a 4/5/7.1 PC speakers system, or just for better sound?

 

i will be using my bose companion 5 speakers (2.1)......I just want Very Good, Clear sond quality.....

 

Creative makes the best sound cards hands down. I have the usb 5.1 external and its nearly as good as my audigy 2 zs. But the xfi express card is the best sounding. Definitely get one. The xfi has better support because it is newer.

 

Notebook's sound card should sound should be ok...but more high end stuff...thats out of my knowledge... Have a look at M -Audio anyways.

 

I use the soundblaster x-fi expresscard one. It's very good, very clear sound, deep bass. I'm very happy with it.
Don't know if they're still hard to find, but I got mine at Dell. linky.

 

EMU 0202 or 0404 is highly rated by audiophiles. Creative has mediocre reputation among audiophiles(check head-fi.org).

But u have Bose which has worst reputation among audiophiles. Check Headfi or avsforum speaker forums.
So creative/bose may actually work

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=343759&highlight=Bose

 

@ Sreesub

i know bose is over-rated...there are better manufacture for music stuff out there such as DENON, Onkyo, Harmon Kardon, JBL etc, boston acustics........ but i got this bose speaker set as a gift on my birthday...........now u tell me......wont you accept a free bose speaker set?......

I was initially thinking of selling the bose and buying something else.....but i wasn't able to find a good Powered 2.1 speaker system........all the high end are passive speaker and i would have to buy some amplifier.... ...Plus i only have a simple setup...a notebook, docking station, external keyboard & Mice and 2 22"wide screen hooked up to the docking station. ....i do not have a desktop so i cant buy a very good internal sound card and music equip.....so a bose would be the best with going too overboard on the equipment ( passive speaker , amplifier etc, )

 

I was just kidding. Check EMU as I mentioned. Plus Bose has the best marketing among all companies. You must be able to list a Bose speaker at 90% price and easily sell.

Another very good usb sound card with built in amplifier is Headroom's products. I have Total Bithead and it is awesome. But EMU is the flavor of the month in headfi.

 

I have a Total Bithead also so I an familiar with the unit. Now, this thing was designed for headphones so it only has 2-channel (ie stereo) out. It would probably drive the speakers just fine, but how do you impliment the bass?

Edit: I did a little research. The Bose system has a built-in amp so you only need to feed it a stereo signal. I would recommend listening first using whatever audio-out comes with the 'puter. You can always buy a sound card later if you're not satisfied.