Recommended “audiophile” soundcard for Linux/Fedora 16 up to $260, [TOS #5—split from “Best mid range audiophile sound card”/topic 73375] Options

[spinifex]

I tried that with Fedora 11, but Pulse Audio seems to be built deep down onto the whole distro unlike Ubuntu (well atm). Even when i managed to remove it, I did get sound but the GNOME volume control panel won't work and the whole system unstable.

You will need to recompile the whole GNOME multimedia subsystem, including Gstreamer, and most likely every single multimedia program that you have.

IMO Fedora 11 has to be one of the worst Linux distros i've ever used because of Pulse Audio and it's god awful partion manager on Anaconda; it just felt like a beta build.

I can't comment on this, since I haven't used a Redhat distro since the Bob Young days.

Hi. I just wondering what Audiophile Sound Card you are using?

I'm using Fedora 16, a Xonar DX and Sennheiser 555 headphones modded to 595's.

I recently got to try an M-Audio 192 (Soundwave / Sound Terminal? 192L) and was impressed by the soundstage (??) of the card, but there were no drivers for Linux so, alas, I never got to hear it's sound quality in Fedora 16, or Ubuntu, only in WinDowzz (which I actually don't use).

I'm also looking for a 'well supported' Linux compatible audiophile sound card. I'm wanting to spend up to $250 (Oz) dollars so that equates to approximately $190 pounds, or $260us.

Does anyone have any recommendations or at least point me in a particular direction compatibles with my Linux distro. Recommendations and constructive criticism would be appreciated.

Thank you.

[A_Man_Eating_Duc...]

Holy thread resurrection!

I'm currently using a AudioEngine D1 which should be compatible with Linux

Are Audioengine DACs compatible with Linux?
Absolutely! Audioengine DACs are fully compatible with Ubuntu Linux, and should work on other *nix systems without any additional software or drivers

For the price it's a excellent USB DAC with RCA and headphone out.

This post has been edited by A_Man_Eating_Duck: May 26 2012, 09:14

[malikinam]

what kind of audio engine you have used i want to know more detail about the audio engine, will you please provide me???

[phofman]

I recently got to try an M-Audio 192 (Soundwave / Sound Terminal? 192L) and was impressed by the soundstage (??) of the card, but there were no drivers for Linux so, alas, I never got to hear it's sound quality in Fedora 16, or Ubuntu, only in WinDowzz (which I actually don't use).

Audiophile 192 has been supported in stock linux kernel for years. How did you test it?

I like the inexpensive Infrasonic Quartet (also fully supported) for 100 USD http://store.auzentech.com/infrasonic-quartet-p46.aspx

[A_Man_Eating_Duc...]

what kind of audio engine you have used i want to know more detail about the audio engine, will you please provide me???

What information would you like to know?

The AudioEngine website will answer most questions
http://audioengineusa.com/Store/Audioengine-D1

The one thing that the AudioEngine site doesn't tell you about the D1is that the volume knob controls the volume on both the headphone out and the RCA's. The RCA connectors aren't getting amplified, the volume knob attenuates the full signal. So if you use the RCA outs and switch over to headphones you'll need to turn the volume knob down first so you don't damage your headphones because the headphone out is amplified. Also you can only use one output at a time, RCA or Headphones, the unit mutes the RCA outs when headphones are plugged in.

I originally had a M-Audio 192 but it wouldn't play nice with my new z77 build. The PCI slots on the z77 are connected with a bridging chip which can cause major problems with PCI soundcards. Even with all the power management options disabled in the BIOS i still would get random clicks and pops. Don't get me wrong the 192 a great sounding card but if you are planning to upgrade your system you may be better off getting a PCIe or USB soundcard.

EDIT: The AudioEngine D1 is $169AUD
http://www.scorptec.com.au/computer/44621-d1-premium

This post has been edited by A_Man_Eating_Duck: May 27 2012, 02:19