[WriteLog] Need recommendation for sound card

[Ron St.Laurent ND5S]

Perhaps HP has seen the error of their ways.  I just bought a Pavilion 762n
and it has LINE IN and LINE OUT on the machine "base" plate and SPEAKERS OUT
on another.

Ron ND5S

----- Original Message -----
From: "wa9als" <wa9als@starband.net>
To: "Peter's Mail" <wb3fsr@comcast.net>; "WriteLog"
<WriteLog@contesting.com>; "Dx4win" <dx4win@qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 7:37 AM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Need recommendation for sound card


> > My new HP 2.4 GHz Pavilion came with a Sound Blaster Live 5.1 card.   It
> > does not look like it will work well with WriteLog or DX4WIN - As I
> > recall one needs both a line in / line out and another port for
> > speakers...
>
> Peter, I'd be shocked (and depressed) if the above is true.  We already
have
> enough problems that new computers are coming with only 1 motherboard
serial
> port, but soundcards without basic I/O would really take the cake!  I
can't
> believe that a Soundblaster Live model can't be configured for WL and
> DX4WIN.  "LINE OUT" is usually just the SPEAKER output.  I would say that
> "normal" or "usual" configuration for a soundcard would be 3 ports: LINE
IN,
> MIC, and LINE OUT (AKA SPEAKER).  LINE OUT could also be labeled
HEADPHONE,
> especially on a laptop.  Some have a 4th port as well, but I can't believe
> that your card doesn't have the basic 3.  Please look again and let us
know.
>
> > What would you recommend that I replace it with in this day & age to
> > have good single op service with both programs and decent audio in the
> > shack is CD's etc.  Must be PCI.
>
> I'll bet you have a good card already, but if not for any reason, I
> recommend a $30 Soundblaster 16 PCI or the Soundblaster Live! Value card.
> The latter will be more expensive, and I don't think it will improve your
> ham functions noticeably at all.  Some other options are on my WriteLog
> soundcard page at http://www.qsl.net/wa9als/sound_results.htm.  As you can
> see, I think think ALL of these "work" with WriteLog, and essentially all
of
> them get the highest score for the highly discriminating WriteLog
Soundcheck
> program.
>
> If you end up installing another sound card, keep the old one too -
> See http://www.qsl.net/wa9als/so2r-mmttyx2.htm  There are some interesting
> things you can do with 2 or more, including using 1 for Windows things and
> the other for your radio!
>
> Good luck - 73
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> John - WA9ALS - VP5RY (2001)
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