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pumper   10-12-2007 at 05:45:28 AM

I thought soundcards were a waste of money, but I noticed that my Logitech Z-4 speakers had a slight static sound on some of the music I listen to (Drum n Bass, Trance, Classical). Especially during some of the higher pitch sounds. I played with my equalizer in my media player and through multi channel sound manager in Win XP. The only way that I think that I can solve this problem is maybe with a soundcard, but I don't know too much about them. I only use my computer for music and games. Please help.

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rexter   10-16-2007 at 12:08:29 AM
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what you've experience is distortion. Any audio device that has lower wattage with low THD - Total Harmonic Distortion to sound output is better than with high wattage with high THD.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_card

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distortion

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pumper   10-16-2007 at 12:50:03 AM
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What someone answered me? Thank you, what kind of model do I need?

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rexter   10-16-2007 at 01:37:31 AM
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It's all depend on how much are you willing to pay for a Sound Card. Any sound card is better than the onboard. But if you want to pay more than what you pay for your speaker then Creative has an edge. Their x-fi line-up.

Still your speaker is limited to the power it has, 40 watts total means 23 w sub and 8 w on satellite so if you reach the speakers or amp limit then not much you can do. Having a good soundcard gives you better control of sound quality the speaker. You may also be suprise that your speaker produce better sound than when it has no add on card.

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g-paw   10-16-2007 at 10:59:49 PM
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While the consensus seems to be that Creative has a slight edge for gaming, for music and music cards based on the C-Media CMI8788 has an edge, especially with surround sound. All 3 of these cards would be worth looking at. Google reviews of any of these cards, some good ones out there that also discuss the C Media sound chip
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6829127002
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6829271002
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6829156002

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