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I m not sure. I blame the monitors directly because I actually had this problem with my old audio interface (Edirol FA-66). I turned the volume on the back of the monitors down which helped...

True that. I m massively into hi fi as well but I don't have any new equipment. It's all old stuff from around 80's and 90's. It's good enough for me.

I got my passive volume control today to put...

Yea, I think alot of the time we forget that the speakers are just as important if not more?

I am running a pair of ESI nEAR05 monitors. Much better than most computer speakers as well.

I'll...

Thanks for the suggestion SpywareDr, unfortunately it's just abit out of my price range.

equinoxe, you're right. Maybe I will give my onboard sound (Realtek ALC892) a go first and see how I go....

Hi everyone,

Looking around for some sort of hi-fi grade soundcard.

I m currently using an Edirol FA-66 audio interface but I've had enough with the box on the desktop.

I've got my eye on...

Hi Typhoon welcome to the HWC forums...

I might not be able to fix ur problem but try and get the latest drivers from www.creative.com

If that doesnt help, put your old sound card back in and...

Sound Blaster AWE64

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Cambridge SoundWorks PCWorks 2.1

cool, i ve seen that card lying around somewhere before, maybe thats my next upgrade, that hardware mp3 decoder sounds pretty cool! Anything else i should know??

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yea, i dont think any computer enthusiast is too keen on integrated video/sound as of yet.

So the card that i should get is the Santa Cruz? I dont think i ve ever seen this in Australia before, is there another name for it or anything? and anyone know how much is would cost around? TIA

Thats the santa cruz ur talking about right? how much do u reckon for this card, in AUD. TIA

You know, come to think of it, my AWE64 still does the job for me, i was playing CS for about 4 hours straight last night and it wasnt until i finished playing that i realised i was able to hear...

oh really... man i got ripped off with that AWE64 didnt i, oh well that was about 2 years ago anyway. well looks like i might be buying a live value or something good later on, what is a good...

why?

Thinking of doing an upgrade from AWE64 ISA to a SBLive Value, is it worth it? I dont care much about pinpoint sound accuracy coz i only have cambridge 3 piece set and mostly listen to mp3's and i do...

yea, i had the problem on my awe64 and it ended up being my left speaker wire was just came loose out of the back of the sub. check that

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tell them, it doesnt work, and give you a new one

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Thanks for the input fellas, well at least now i know there is one down side about the card (in my opinion) but still, ahh what can ya do eh!

I just ordered this card, and remembered one thing i didnt think about. If i wanna take my computer to my friends house to say have a LAN or something, does that mean i have to take that big bulky...

I just ordered one, getting it when dad gets back from taiwan, comes with everything, and its cheap, like i paid 150AUD

that really good Hercules sound card that everyone talks about? TIA

Thanks, i ll give it a shot

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In complete darkness we are all the same, it is only our knowledge and wisdom that seperates us... Don't let your eyes deceive you.

ok, i got 2 sound cards, 1 is SB AWE64 (Main one) the other is some eagle one. The AWE64 is ISA and the Eagle thing is PCI, i put the Eagle into PCI Slot 2 and the AWE64 is in my only ISA slot, i...

hey how r ya, thanks for the reply, i didnt think i would need it, i mainly just listen to mp3's and play a bit of quake 3 or like red alert 2, so i think i ll just stick with this one, just got...

ok, currently i have a AWE64, and i m looking for a new sound card, SB Live Value a good option to take? can you really hear a good sound improvement? TIA