Best mid range audiophile sound card

Best mid range audiophile sound card

dandart View Member Profile	Jul 14 2009, 21:52 Post #1
Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 6-June 09 Member No.: 70430	What in your opinion is the best mid-range (up to £160) consumer available audiophile sound card? I don't need EAX or any of that rubbish. I just want to listen to FLACs. If it matters, my platform is Linux. I have heard M-audio delta 44 and 2496 are very nice. but has anyone done comparisons?

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/mnt View Member Profile	Jul 14 2009, 22:14 Post #2
Group: Members Posts: 691 Joined: 22-April 06 Member No.: 29877	QUOTE (dandart @ Jul 14 2009, 21:52) If it matters, my platform is Linux. Sorta does since sound card drivers under can be a pain under Linux i.e Creative's Sound Blaster X-Fi cards. And also now with major Linux distros shoving that god awful piece of crap down every users throats called Pulse Audio . I've heard alot of good things about the Asus Xonar D2X and the Asus Xonar D1. Also there based on C-Media's Oxygen HD chips, which has good open source drivers. This post has been edited by /mnt: Jul 14 2009, 22:16 -------------------- "I never thought I'd see this much candy in one mission!"

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dandart Best mid range audiophile sound card Jul 14 2009, 21:52

/mnt QUOTE (dandart @ Jul 14 2009, 21:52) If i... Jul 14 2009, 22:14

dandart Haha. Pulse sucks. I won't be using it. ALSA o... Jul 14 2009, 22:34

/mnt QUOTE (dandart @ Jul 14 2009, 22:34) X-Fi... Jul 14 2009, 22:45

cpchan QUOTE (/mnt @ Jul 14 2009, 17:14) Sorta d... Jul 15 2009, 02:34

/mnt QUOTE (cpchan @ Jul 15 2009, 02:34) Agree... Jul 15 2009, 02:47

cpchan QUOTE (/mnt @ Jul 14 2009, 21:47) I tried... Jul 15 2009, 03:30

dandart Yeah, I play games under Linux. I have about 25 fi... Jul 14 2009, 22:55

/mnt QUOTE (dandart @ Jul 14 2009, 22:55) As f... Jul 14 2009, 23:14

dandart I see they're 7.1. Are they the best sound qua... Jul 14 2009, 23:22

/mnt QUOTE (dandart @ Jul 14 2009, 23:22) I se... Jul 14 2009, 23:28

dandart I'd expect anything would outperform X-fi, sin... Jul 14 2009, 23:29

cpchan QUOTE (dandart @ Jul 14 2009, 16:52) I ha... Jul 15 2009, 03:11

Arnold B. Krueger QUOTE (dandart @ Jul 14 2009, 16:52) What... Jul 15 2009, 03:13

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