Re: What is the Best Soun

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GUDATH@EZINFO.VMSMAIL.ETHZ.CH (Henrik 'Ratte' Gudat) wrote:
>In <01bcc7ce$5cdfea20$70a320cc@timesink> "matthew writes:
>
>> Brian Hammack <brian.hammack@rook.wa.com>:
>> > I've had a good time with my AE Sonic Blaster.  Has the above:  stereo
>> [...]
>> 
>> i'll have to agree with you...  over the 8 or 9 years i've been using my
>> Sonic Blaster i've had no problems...  well, other than those stupid-ass
>> volume pots located conveniently inside the IIgs housing... =) 
>
>Well, I don't want to spoil your fun, but the Sonic Blaster was clearly a
>low-end sound card. I did actually enjoy it, too, but there were cards with
>much, much superior sound quality. The volume pods soon started to become
>unreliable, the sound was noisy, no cinch out. I would describe it "generic AE
>junk priced right".
>
>As of today, the FutureVision is still the card I loved most. The only
>tradeoffs were the painfully slow software and the insufficient soldering of
>the cable, but sound was crisp and ultraclear.
>
>bozo, Dr.

Actually, I think the GS headphone port outputs cleaner sound than any
of the cards.  The cards tend to pick up noise from the slots and do
nothing but provide stereo out, amplification, and sound input.

Is the FutureVision's sound input clearer than HyperStudio's?  BTW,
in case anyone is interested, Ground has the schematics for building
a "HyperStudio" digitizing input card.  Really just a pre-amp to
convert input from a miniature mic jack to the voltages needed by the
internal Ensoniq connector.

If you want real clear and "stereo" (though pseudo), try connecting the
headphone port to one of those stereo simulator/3D sound boxes sold
for Macs, PCs, and video games.

-Scott G.