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Our friend caramelsoul is the winner.

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Ok, this time the giveaway is an Echo Indigo soundcard.

Info here this is not the IO version, this is the standard 2 output version.

It's a cardbus device (PCMCIA) so a laptop with a slot is necessary otherwise it's just a paperweight. It's a great little card and sounds very nice, good power too. You can download drivers here. Windows and os-x compatible.

So how do you get this little marvel? You have a crappy setup and need something better than your onboard sound that's how. This is specifically for people who can't afford to upgrade and need a little boost. If you can afford to buy it you don't qualify.

If you have 50+ posts, are a budding audiophile short on cash with a suitable laptop, post here in the thread. I'll choose the winner next weekend. Apr 8th. Open to anywhere in the world, shipping included.

Good luck.

 

[duderuud]

cool

But I won't be participating, I think many people will use this much more as I will..

 

[flamerz]

I currently own a laptop that I use mostly for homework, although sometimes for being in bed while lazy. I've stored some music on it, but I don't know why. The onboard sound is horrible, and I just use my iPod instead. I'll start using this laptop as my primary computer once I reach college, in a couple years. I've just recently spent the last of my money this weekend.

 

[Bizzel]

I picked up some 595s last month and quickly realised that onboard sound wasn't going to cut it - it's far too dark and has bloated bass. I've currently got a nice hi-fi setup, courtesy of my dad, but I'm moving out soon and then I'll really be stuck. Rent will pretty much kill my budget, especially with student fees. Pairing this with a portable amp (cmoy perhaps) would be fantastic. I could afford to cover the shipping (UK) but that's about all. Anyway, thanks for the giveaway, I've never seen this kind of generosity on any other forums.

 

[Televator]

I am a taper (only trade-friendly bands of course

) but I have to edit the shows I tape on a HP-laptop using the onboard soundcrap to monitor... but even worse, sometimes uploading a HiMD (digitally) fails for a short part and I have to resort to old-fashioned rerecording of said part, unfortunately my line-in on the HP distorts sound so horribly that even if I succeed at editing the part back in, it is so painfully clear that the track isn't really usable anymore...

so if Europeans are free to enter I'd gladly sign in!

 

[oic929]

This would come in really useful for my laptop. I was just currently looking for one to upgrade to.

 

[Ampl1tude]

My nephew just recently got his house broken into and lost most of his charished goods. He was a developing audiophile, an audiophile with a minimum budget.

This would be a great addition to a laptop I am about to buy for him.

Thanks for this great giveaway.

Cheers!

 

[caramelsoul]

Well i just bought my first laptop second hand at avforums here and it will be primarily used when i am offshore as i work away from home two weeks at a time. The down side is it doesnt have a sound card. I didnt even know they existed for laptops. So this would be rather welcome.

Assuming i dont get this where can they be picked up? I may have to sell more gear that i own to fund this. Even had to sell my Graham Slee Solo coz im so skint. But enough of my sob story...

*EDIT* Hmmm, just looked these up on the web. They are quite expensive, especially this side of the pond.

 

[That dude]

I want this really badly...

I have a 3 year old laptop, and its internal soundcard has bit the dust.
Being a student, I have just not enough money. Moreover my speakers are now useless because of this.
Your offer is really a godsent.

Just condsider me. *smiles innocently* lol.

 

[shoenberg3]

Hello,
I have a compact laptop that I am currently using and plan to use it during college and..... it doesn't even have a soundcard. It's not a HUGE issue because I can listen to music through DAP, but it would be so much more convenient and capable (actually having sounds instead of bips) if I could get this.

Thanks

 

[arnoldsoccer4]

This would be great, I have 80 gigs of music on my Acer, and I listen through the onboard sound. The onboard sound ruins my er6i's clarity and sometimes makes them sound like ibuds. My laptop is my home rig and I listen to it about 3 hours daily, using Pandora etc, and it goes with me on monthly plane trips for music listening etc. I am a high school student so money is tight. And I'm 0/ double digits in giveaways.v

 

[rockin_amigo14]

i don't own a laptop, so this would actually be a birthday present for my brother who's getting a MacBook and is an up and coming recording artist.

 

[The Monkey]

Please count me in. My Dell 600m is hurtin'...bad.

 

[CSIR]

count me in

 

[Thelonious Monk]

i sold a lot of stuff and i'm back down to a <$300 rig. my laptop soundcard has so much hiss it ain't funny, i can hear it more than the music when using high sensitivity iems. count me in.