XXHighEnd

Hi All,

It's a sad day for me....  :( After 3 weeks of no music (XX) ( some renovation inside my house )

Yesterday was the day i could connect erverything back to normal... ( I mist three new versions so i was a little excited.)

But there was nothing... :dntknw: No music came from my speakers... I really tried every setting.... And after some testing for a few hours i gave up on it...  :wacko:

The only thing  that i can think of the at the moment, that is that my soundcart is broken. :(

The good thing though is that i could can get a new one.....

But what should i buy....??? Also i do not want to spent to much money anymore... In the near future it's time for a decent DAC.

Please help me out a bit.......?

 :) :) :)

EDIT: At the moment there is a PCI Emu 1212m inside....

Maybe it doesn't help, but I would put my bets on you forgetting something afterall ?
Why/how would a soundcard be broken ? Of course it can, but still ...

Yes..... You got a point.... But i checked everything 10 times.....
But i will check it out by someone else.....

 :thankyou:

Hi Gerard,

Did you install any updates ....? e.g. Vista SP1?

I am also looking for a soundcard to try more options in XX (lowering Q1 <21, double, quad, upsampling 24bits 192khz, ...) Budget is €150, Only 2 channel audio! The DDDAC 1543 has its limitations. But the sound is still great!! I don't know if all these new options in XX wil improve the sound.

Untill now these are the best options for me: 1) E-MU 1212, 2) ESI Juli@ and 3) Audiotrek Prodigy HD2 :

1) -price (€150) - two cards - , +s/pdif optical & coax (44.1 - 96kHz) ++DAC
2) -no headphone output, - DAC , +price (€130) +s/pdif optical /coax
3) -only s/pdif optical - no sample freq 88.2 kHz, + only 2.0 audio,  + price(€100) ++same DAC as 1212 + headphone + opamps upgradable.

" Audiotrak Prodigy HD2 is a high quality top product from Audiotrak. There is weak competition in the Hi-End market of sound cards, so the direct rivals are only the X-Fi Elite Pro and the E-MU1212m. Unlike the X-Fi Elite Pro, drivers of the Prodigy HD2 are more professional, and have a simpler control panel than for the E-MU1212m. What concerns games, the card fares in between high quality sound processing in the X-Fi and no 3D audio support in the E-MU1212m. Unlike the E-MU1212m and X-Fi Elite Pro, the ProdigyHD2 is a low-profile card, so it can be used in compact HTPCs. Another advantage of this card versus the 1212m is its built-in preamp for headphones". ( http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/multimedia/prodigy-hd2-gold.html )

I think option 3 is a good choice for the given budget and quality!

Johan

Hi Gerard,

This happened to me before with two different soundcards/pc's.
It was resolved by pushing the card more firm into the motherboard.
It is inconvenient but did the trick for me and is cheap too.

Gerard.

Ya, I've had to reset cards before even though they looked in.  Always a good place to check first, maybe you have.

Hia all,

Thank you very much for all your answers....... I am going to try a few things out before buying a new one.... And maybe i will keep it with the EMU i have had.... But than not an PCI and i will look for an external EMU....

Thanx again.... :) :)

Get the ESI firewire, its cheap. 96khz is the only limit, but if thats fine for you, that gets my vote.

Hi All

I am back :)

First i like to say thanx for all the help.... It was a weird Vista thing i think... I alway's use the xp driver and that always worked.... But from one moment to another it did not anymore. But there was an official Vista driver ready and now it works again....

 :)