Sound Cards
2010
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 M Audio Delta PCI DELTA 1010LT Sound Card $75.00 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 1h 5m |
 USB 20 to 3D AUDIO SOUND CARD VIRTUAL 71 CH ADAPTER $3.49 Time Remaining: 4d 23h 39m Buy It Now for only: $3.49 |
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 Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Notebook PC Card SB0530 Sound Card $28.00 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 1h 15m |
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 Creative Sound Blaster Audigy PCI 70SB024400000 Sound Card $0.01 Time Remaining: 1h 20m |
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 LOT OF 2 SOUND BLASTER PCI AUDIO SOUND CARDS SB0090 SB0200 $9.99 Time Remaining: 1h 35m |
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 SoundBlaster Live CT4830 with expansion card $10.00 Time Remaining: 1h 55m |
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 Used Communication card for desktop PC $5.99 Time Remaining: 2h 51m |
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 Creative Sound Blaster X Fi Extreme Gamer PCI Sound Card SB0730 $12.84 (5 Bids) Time Remaining: 2h 55m |
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 Creative Sound Blaster X Fi PCI Sound Card $4.86 Time Remaining: 5h 58m |
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 Creative Sound Blaster Audigy PCI SB0570 Sound Card $9.99 Time Remaining: 7h 24m |
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 Creative Labs Inc Sound Blaster 32 PNP Model SB3671 $5.00 Time Remaining: 8h 51m |
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 ASUSTeK COMPUTER PCI Express x1 XONARESSENCESTX Sound Card $100.00 Time Remaining: 10h 6m |
 SB0410 Sound Blaster Live 71 24 Bit Desktop Sound Card Driver CD Cable Lot $12.77 Time Remaining: 13d 5h 2m Buy It Now for only: $12.77 |
 Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D Sound Card 51 Ch 24bit 96KHz Dolby Digital PCIe $65.00 Time Remaining: 10h 42m Buy It Now for only: $80.00 |
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 Creative Sound Blaster Live PCI CT4830 Sound Card $4.99 Time Remaining: 10h 43m Buy It Now for only: $7.99 |
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 Creative Sound Blaster X Fi PCI SBO460P I O Internal Expansion Hub SB0250 $36.00 (6 Bids) Time Remaining: 10h 49m |
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 Creative Sound Blaster Audigy PCI 70SB0570000000 Sound Card $10.00 Time Remaining: 10h 59m |
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 RME DIGI96 8 PAD 24 Bit PC Desktop PCI Digital Audio Card UNTESTED SOLD AS IS $4.26 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 12h 50m |
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 M AUDIO AUDIOPHILE 2496 4 IN 4 OUT PRO AUDIO CARD WITH MIDI $26.00 (5 Bids) Time Remaining: 19h 5m |
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 Creative Sound Blaster X Fi Titanium Fatal1ty PCI Express x1 Sound Card $55.00 (15 Bids) Time Remaining: 21h 48m |
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 Creative Sound Blaster PCI CT 4810 Sound Card $10.00 Time Remaining: 21h 58m Buy It Now for only: $15.00 |
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 Computer PCI Sound Card Hercules Gamesurround Fortissimo II Digital Edition $0.99 Time Remaining: 22h 12m |
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 Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum 71 Channel Sound Card w I O Drive $65.00 (11 Bids) Time Remaining: 22h 29m |
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 Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live 51 PCI SB0100 $12.00 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 22h 47m |
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 NO RESERVE Creative Sound Blaster Live PCI Sound Card 51 NEW $0.01 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 23h 27m |
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Sound Cards
The Development of Sound Cards
Sound cards have enormously improved today compared to those used in the earlier days. These advances offer a lot of features such as the ability to produce high quality sound with a variety of choices for gaming or entertainment.
Sound card is an electronic device used in computers. It is a computer expansion card that is capable of inputting and outputting audio signals to a computer or from a computer. It can be centrally controlled by means of using specific software.
Sound cards are mainly used for:
• Audio editing or mixing
• Video editing
• Inter-active multimedia
• PowerPoint presentations
• Playing DVDs
• Computer games
• Teleconferencing
Sound cards come with a digital to analog converter. This converts recorded audio to analog format. A TSR or RCA jack is used to output the audio to a headphone or amplifier or external sound system. It also has a line in connector which is exploited to get input signals from other sound devices like mini disc player, mp3 player, and cassette tape recorders. The connectors of a sound card are color coded. Plus, they include symbols so as to help users identify proper positioning of each jack. The audio coming from these devices is digitized, can be stored in the computer's hard drive and can be edited using audio editing software. A microphone connecter utilized to input voice recording or for voice chats is also common among many sound cards.
The installation of more than one sound chip in sound cards today can present higher data rates with various functionalities. They are able to generate optimized music and sound effects in real time employing the least data and CPU resources. Modern sound cards are capable of converting from Analog to Digital and Digital to Analog or AD/DA. They also feature more accessible connectors and have more than two channels available. These types of sound cards are mostly used for professional digital audio recording which requires a higher standard audio output.
On the other hand, ordinary sound cards only offer features for playback and casual use as compared to the professional sound cards. These are commonly used for homes, offices, and entertainment. These types of sound cards are limited with large sampling latency. That is, it takes a lot of time for its Analog to Digital Converter to process the conversion prior to transferring to a computer for storage. As a result, companies like Steinberg designed sound cards that are capable of managing multiple audios. However, consumer grade sound cards lack the features and qualities that professional audio requires.
During the early years, computers comprised of integrated sound synthesis chip which is built-in on motherboards. The chip is capable of producing wave tones with different amplitude. One of the computers which adapted this technology is the IBM PCjr which was released in the early 1980s. Later on, a clone of the IBM PCjr, the Tandy 1000 copied the features and improved it by adding capabilities like sound recording and playback. As early as 1990, plug in sound cards have been abolished by computer manufacturers. They then introduced a codec chip capable of AD/DA conversion which is included with PC motherboards. Most of these motherboards use the Intel AC97 specification.
With the development of technology in computer production, a wide variety of sound cards with more features have been introduced. One of these is the USB sound cards which can be plugged directly to a computer through an empty USB port. Cards which are USB 2.0 compliant are more adequate in data transfer and are adept in producing high quality sound. The PCMCIA card bus sound cards are one of the most recent advancements frequently used for laptops and notebook. This device offers great portability which is very ideal for mobile DJs.
The latest sound card technology available in the market today is the Xtreme Fidelity which was developed by Creative, the manufacturer of SoundBlaster series. The technology features comprise:
• Capability of producing a variety of sounds options through its Active Modal Architecture.
• Digital Signal Processor (DSP)
• Multiple processing engines
• 24-bit Crystallizer which prevents sound quality loss which due to 16-bit CD recording
Just like any computer part, a sound card needs a device driver in order to communicate with other devices of the computer and function properly with the operating system. Most manufacturers include the driver bundled with some audio applications and compiled in a CD.
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What is the difference between 16 and 24 bit sound cards?
Well, pretty self explanitory. I'm going to buy a sound card, and there are 16 and 24 bit sound cards. Is there any real difference. Thanks
ummm, 8 bits. sorry, couldn't resist.
Bit Depth refers to the number of bits you have to capture audio. The easiest way to envision this is as a series of levels, that audio energy can be sliced at any given moment in time. With 16 bit audio, there are 65, 536 possible levels. With every bit of greater resolution, the number of levels double. By the time we get to 24 bit, we actually have 16,777,216 levels. Remember we are talking about a slice of audio frozen in a single moment of time.
Now lets add our friend Time into the picture. That's where we get into the Sample Rate.
The sample rate is the number of times your audio is measured (sampled) per second. So at the red book standard for CDs, the sample rate is 44.1 kHz or 44,100 slices every second. So what is the 96khz sample rate? You guessed it. It's 96,000 slices of audio sampled each second.
In simple terms, the higher the bitrate, the more like the orginal it will sound which will produce richer, more vibrant sound.
Here's an example: Draw a circle on a sheet of paper. Place another sheet on top so that you can see the circle through the first sheet. Now make eight dots anywhere along the circle. Remove the sheet with the dots and then connect them. When you're done, you should have something resembling an octogon. Not really a circle is it? Repeat this several times, each time using more dots. You'll notice the image of the circle is starting to take shape. The more dots, the more like the orginal circle. The higher the bitrate, the more like the orginal sound you'll hear.
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