I'm looking to set up a cheap setup for characterizing speakers using my computer.
The Behringer ECM8000 mic with the Behringer 802 mixer as a pre-amp/phantom power supply seems to be a popular combo.
My question concerns the sound card in my PC. Currently, I am using an integrated chip (RealTek ALC850). I am guessing that this is not ideal.
Anyone have any suggestion for a sound card (< $100 preferably) with high quality analog output and input?
The Behringer ECM8000 mic with the Behringer 802 mixer as a pre-amp/phantom power supply seems to be a popular combo.
My question concerns the sound card in my PC. Currently, I am using an integrated chip (RealTek ALC850). I am guessing that this is not ideal.
Anyone have any suggestion for a sound card (< $100 preferably) with high quality analog output and input?
even though onboard cards can suck big time they are likely adequate for loudspeaker testing as long as you have appropriate gain for the mic
the highest price performance in soundcards is likely the ESI Juli@ which I bought for ~ US$130
have you checked your internal soundcard with (free) RMAA in loopback mode?
http://audio.rightmark.org/index_new.shtml
the highest price performance in soundcards is likely the ESI Juli@ which I bought for ~ US$130
have you checked your internal soundcard with (free) RMAA in loopback mode?
http://audio.rightmark.org/index_new.shtml
Just about any sound card will be good enough for speaker testing, providing it is good at full-duplex (playing and recording simultaneously). The SB/Ensoniq AudioPCI was supposed to be pretty good for a budget card.
An SB Audigy 2 should cost well under $100, and if the Rightmark results can be believed it's capable of very good performance.
An SB Audigy 2 should cost well under $100, and if the Rightmark results can be believed it's capable of very good performance.
jcx said:even though onboard cards can suck big time they are likely adequate for loudspeaker testing as long as you have appropriate gain for the mic
the highest price performance in soundcards is likely the ESI Juli@ which I bought for ~ US$130
have you checked your internal soundcard with (free) RMAA in loopback mode?
http://audio.rightmark.org/index_new.shtml
well, I went to Rightmark and read about pro.
What is that telling me?
Is it good for me/my computer?
why does one need to do that?have you checked your internal soundcard with (free) RMAA in loopback mode?
How does one do that?
you can down load a free version of RMAA from the Rightmark site
loopback testing simply require wiring soundcard out to in and running the RMAA test, many soundcards have been tested this way - its practically the standard
http://www.pcavtech.com/soundcards/compare/index.htm
loopback testing simply require wiring soundcard out to in and running the RMAA test, many soundcards have been tested this way - its practically the standard
http://www.pcavtech.com/soundcards/compare/index.htm
That page is over 3 years old.jcx said:you can down load a free version of RMAA from the Rightmark site
loopback testing simply require wiring soundcard out to in and running the RMAA test, many soundcards have been tested this way - its practically the standard
http://www.pcavtech.com/soundcards/compare/index.htm
Try an M Audio 24/96 or 24/192 (which is what I use).
Sometimes you can find the odd older Yamaha DS-XG cards that slipped into the "junk bin" at computer shops by error (they still command $$$, but look like an ordinary 16-bit C-Media card if you don't look closely). 48KHz sample rate default (duplex, 96KHz simplex) and -110 to -120dB noisefloor.
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