Topic: SoundCard suggestions? (was SoundBlaster Extigy?)

[Simp-Dawg]

vxpocket v2 is $500 brand new! Ouch. I'm gonna check eBay. Is there a different model I should be looking for? or is this correct? Thanks for the input!

try jdsound.com, they always have vxpockets for way cheap

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$399 at jdsound. I'll keep checking eBay.... there's got to be one around $150-200 sooner or later. Thanks for the help.

[nickgregory]

I have this audiophile for my desktop but I'm pretty sure there's no where to put it in my laptop. Oy!

good call...sorry, was speed reading  

[hoobash]

I have a audiophile 2496 and I have put it in MANY machines it works fine. Sometimes you have to put it different pci slots to get a different irq. Its a good idea to swap around any cards that are in the machine until the audiophile has its own irq. The card can share a irq and still work fine but sometimes it can cause a issue. Alot of clicks and pops arent cuased by the soundcard but are data path issues. Prob a hard drive issue. Make sure you close all programs that are runing in the background. You should figure out the real issue before you get a new soundcard

[dklein]

The pops and clicks are during the music and are present when playing back through SoundForge and on CD. It isn't too noticable on the CD's, but it's definitely there. Not sure what else to do -- I've tried several different things (reinstalling my card, wiping the connections with a clean cloth, changing the buffer, zapping them out one-by-one... nothing seems to work fully). Thanks for the info. Any info on a different soundcard is great.

It doesn't sound like you want more suggestions on your pc setup but I'll give you one anyways  

And only because it's worked many times for many people...

the Graphics acceleration setting on windows - set it to minimal
Using it seems to create lots of bus traffic that can interfere with clean transfers.

Where you'll find it depends on which OS - it's usually under My Computer, properties, advanced, performance options I think.

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The pops and clicks are during the music and are present when playing back through SoundForge and on CD. It isn't too noticable on the CD's, but it's definitely there. Not sure what else to do -- I've tried several different things (reinstalling my card, wiping the connections with a clean cloth, changing the buffer, zapping them out one-by-one... nothing seems to work fully). Thanks for the info. Any info on a different soundcard is great.

I've tried that and it doesn't work either. Thanks though. I'm beginning to think there is an internal issue of some sort. I have pop's and click's in both SoundForge and Cool Edit and simply can't get rid of them. It sucks!


It doesn't sound like you want more suggestions on your pc setup but I'll give you one anyways  

And only because it's worked many times for many people...

the Graphics acceleration setting on windows - set it to minimal
Using it seems to create lots of bus traffic that can interfere with clean transfers.

Where you'll find it depends on which OS - it's usually under My Computer, properties, advanced, performance options I think.