Tested soundcards

[Arjen]

The following soundcards are tested and works:
intern (PCI)
Marian Trace ALPHA (+/- € 169,-) *Best tested*
Marian Trace 8 (+/- € 389,-) *Best tested*
ESI Juli@ (+/- € 149,-) Very good
Terratec Aureon 5.1 Sky (Not the Aureon 5.1 Fun, PCI or USB!!!) (VIA Envy24HT chip)
Terratec Aureon 7.1 Space (+/- €85,-) (VIA Envy24HT chip)
Audiotrak Prodigy 7.1 (+/- €149,-) (VIA Envy24HT chip)
M-Audio Revolution 5.1 (+/- €70,-) (VIA Envy24HT chip)
M-Audio Revolution 7.1 (+/- €95,-) (Seen for €49,-) (VIA Envy24HT chip)
M-Audio Audiophile 192 (+/- €150,-)
RME HDSP9632 (+/- €439,-)
E-MU 0404 (+/- €99,-)
E-MU 1212m (+/- 199,-)
Hercules Fortissimo 4 (+/- €48,-) (VIA Envy24HT chip)
ESI Maya44 (+/- €99,-)
C-Media CMI9880L Onboard Audio Codec (sometimes the output isn't filtered)
Lynx L22
LynxTWO
extern
EMU 0202 USB
E-MU 0404 USB (+/- €99,-)
Edirol FA-101 FireWire

The following soundcards are not tested but are probably working:
intern
Chaintech AV-710 (+/- €30,-) (VIA Envy24HT-S chip)
Terratec Aureon 7.1 Universe (+/- €160,-) (VIA Envy24HT chip)
Terratec Phase 28 (+/- €200,-)
Realtek ALC880 Onboard HD codec. Also the ALC860
extern
Terratec Aureon 7.1 FireWire

Very bad working soundcards:
Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS (+/- €65,-)
Soundblaster Live as input device

Not working soundcards:
Every soundcard that doesn't support 192 kHz. sampling rate won't work.
Soundblaster Live
Soundblaster Live 24 bit
Soundblaster Audigy 1
Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic

If you have a soundcard that works and it's not listed in here, please reply on this topic.

[LakisFM1]

Em , it not only that it plays stereo , but HOW GOOD it plays ...

The frequency responce of the soundcard is very critical in 57K signals , and will affect criticaly also the stereo separation ,
so it would be nice to tell us also in which of them have the best frequency response .

I was going to get a Creative Audigy 2 SZ player ,
but now i see 'not recomended'.. why?
(bad price/value? or not good freq response?)

[Arjen]

I don't know the frequency response from all the card's. But what I tested with the Aureon was that the frequency response was pretty flat.

The reason I don't recommend then Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS is because I've heard that this soundcard doesn't have a flat frequency response. I also had some complains about the stereocoder that crashes with this soundcard. I didn't tested all the soundcards myself but only the Aureon and the Prodigy. The Aureon, Prodigy and the Revolution soundcard are almost the same soundcard's. The Audigy and the RME soundcard where tested by others. If you have good experience with the Audigy, please let me know.

[Guest]

the audigy audio card .is hardware excelet but it's software drivers .sucks!!

the programs that use this card for recording from an external source and also playback at the sametime crash!!
that happens with ALL the programs that can record and play at the same time..
i don't know details...
now ......i am waiting from you to s8uggest me a good audio card to buy that will play stereo encoder foreeeeeeeeeeeeever !

[Guest]

now ......i am waiting from you to s8uggest me a good audio card to buy that will play stereo encoder foreeeeeeeeeeeeever !

Yes, really, I tested Audigy 2ZS with standard drivers
and had the same result

But if to use the unofficial driver KX-Project it, probably, will work.

Now I use this software

http://download.kxproject.lugosoft.com/downloads/kxdrv3538-full.exe

and it works already more than 16 hours

best regards

[Guest]

Plase tell me about the quality of stereo , the seperation is ok ?
(You have to put audio only in the lefdt channel and see how much quiet is the right channel).

I am just to buy the audigy2 value , i am not interested too much in stability , i will do only tests , i am not on air nowadays , but what i care about is the frequency response up to 57K and surely RDS .

LakisFM1

[Guest]

Hallo,

Verdomd mooi programma dat je hier maakt.
Ik wou het ook eens proberen maar als ik dat zo lees
dan heb ik aan mijn m-audio delta 66 niet genoeg.
Deze is 24bit 96khz.
tot hoever gaat deze kaart ongeveer in zijn freq bereik?

Wat is een goeie goedkope keus? want voor 100euris koop ik ook een vrij goede stereocoder?

Ik heurt wa.
Groeten Gijs

[Arjen]

Hallo Gijs,

Jou geluidskaartje zal tot bijna 48 kHz kunnen weergeven. Helaas is dat onvoldoende voor stereo. Ik weet op dit moment niet waar je een goedkope geluidskaart kan kopen. Soms zijn er hele goede aanbiedingen. Zo zag ik laatst de Revolution 7.1 voor maar 49,-. Ik denk dat als je even goed zoekt, je dan goede kaart voor weinig kan vinden. Als je echt een stabiele stereo encoder zoekt, dan zal ik je een hardware stereocoder aanbevelen, omdat een computer nou eenmaal kan crashen. Ik zelf heb echter nooit ondervonden dat de software stereocoder crashte. Echter zal er binnenkort ook een StereoCoder met RDS komen. Dus rede temeer om een een goede geluidskaart te kopen

Groetjes,
Arjen

[Frannek]

Soundblaster live 24Bit works, too! Great Sound. Yesterday i had my first working Stereo-Transmission. Brilliant sound.

[Gast]

M-Audio Audiphile 192 werkt ook
(stabiele drivers btw, ding staat al 24u te spelen)

[engineer]

I can confrim that Stereo Coder and Airomate works on E-MU 0404 card.
I don't have any measurement hardware, but if somone can suggest some software spectrum/osciloscope tools I would like to do tests and post here.
btw. E-MU 0404 supports 192kHz IN and OUT, price is ~$99

[Gait]

hello,
I saw this on the internet:

8569 Hercules Fortissimo 4 Retail

voor maar 48,- pleuris
bij http://www.sallandautomatisering.nl

Het is de Via® Envy24HT audio controller
dus zou moeten werken toch?

[Arjen]

Yes, it seems that the Hercules Fortissimo 4 should work.
Can somebody who has this soundcard confirm this?

[kuba]

i've got EMU 0404 and ..
I can't get 192 kHz frequency
how to get it ????

[engineer]

i've got EMU 0404 and ..
I can't get 192 kHz frequency
how to get it ????

Go to E-MU site and download latest drivers