Re: New sound card

[Dan Sauer <dmsauer@xxxxxxx>]

I'm with Tim on this.  My Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum is a great card.  It works fine with Ubuntu and I'm extremely satisfied with it.  If you don't want/need everything that comes with the Platinum option, the Audigy line of SB cards is a great alternative.

-Dan


Tim Carmean wrote:

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Matt Hansen wrote:

  

I'm looking to buy a new sound card sometime soon, so I'm looking
for recommendations. Above all, I want it to be compatible with
Linux - I don't want to go through hell every time I install a new
distro. I'd like 5.1 support if I can get it, but it's not
absolutely necessary. I'm aiming for $50 or less, but I can spend
more if I need to.
    

Soundblaster Live or Audigy line. I have a SBLive Value that I bought
many years ago and its hands down the best sound card I've ever
bought. It just works in Linux with OSS and Alsa. It is one of the
very few cards I've seen that does hardware mixing (2 sounds at the
same time). You can't go wrong with them IMHO. Be sure to always check
it out in detail before you buy it though. Don't just take my word for it.

Tim
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