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2) 1997 Creative AWE32 ISA: EMU8000 and Soundfonts changed my PC MIDI! Wow! ISA bus is still very noisy.
2) 1999 Creative Soundblaster Live: with DSP! EAX and Hardware 3D Acceleration wow! , but it was the start of the 48KHz resampling issue and system Freezing problems. Crappy drivers and bloatwares.
3) 2001 Audigy 2 Platinium Int: Improved DAC over the Live, Firewire! And optical out! But still 16bit 48KHz. Ditched Creative drivers for KX Project.
3a) 2001 Intel integrated ADI Soundmax: Quite good for a integrated solution, quite on par with SBLive, but more cpu taxing, average sounding.
4) 2002 M-Audio Audiophile 24/96: it was the non-resampling 16bit 44KHz which I was looking for. 24bit 96KHz and sounds really good. Although it has zero hardware/software support for 3D games.
4a) 2003 Realtek ALC650: Not bad sound for AC97, but taxes cpu. Not good for 3D Games.
5) 2004 EMU 0404: The best soundcard I have heard, matching CDPlayers that cost >US$500.
Oh and acquired a Gravis Ultrasound MAX a year ago for the DOS gaming / scene demos machine.
edit: Regarding sound quality, Chaintech was an improvement over the Realtek, but prior to that I didn't care about sound quality (wasn't a serious music listener for some time).
Headphoneus Supremus Prolificus: Head-Fi's most prolific poster.
Ol' Busted: 1999 Creative Soundblaster Live: with DSP! EAX and Hardware 3D Acceleration wow! , but it was the start of the 48KHz resampling issue and system Freezing problems. Crappy drivers and bloatwares.
New Hotness: 2004 E-MU 0404. Man this thing is making me debate keeping the Tushi around. Maybe I'll sell the 3960 to my friend, or have it serve DVD duty in the other room and pop it out for emergency source requirements lol.
Sound Blaster Pro,
Gravis Ultrasound(cute!! Very nice card at that time, especially for the demo scene),
Sound Blaster AWE,
Hercules Fortissimo,
Audigy 2,
Terratec Aureon Sky,
EMU 0404.
Headphoneus Supremus: Videographus Supremus: Makes audio cables using super-advanced materials, like "some clear tape" and "some not so clear tape."
Sound Blaster Pro
Gravis Ultrasound MAX
Sound Blaster Live! (had 3 of these)
M-Audio Audiophile 24/96
Hercules Fortissimo III
M-Audio Sonica
M-Audio Revolution 7.1
M-Audio Audiophile USB
RME Digi96/8 PST
emu 1820m
emu 1212m
emu 0404
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My advice to you:
- Use your own ears as everybody's hearing and preferences are different.
- Try to audition as much equipment as possible to find your sound.
- Buy used to save money.
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