H.S. wrote:
Rob Owens wrote:On Mon, Oct 05, 2009 at 08:06:51PM +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote:Certainly not. At best it is equally bad. (On the other hand, apparently most people don't mind listening to music at low sound quality). YMMV. I use *professional* grade sound cards, because I like good sound quality.Can you recommend a professional sound card?Not sure if this is professional grade, but I have used M-audio 2496 (http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/Audiophile2496.html). It has worked like a charm. Used it for live music recording and also for playback via a mixer. The system is Ubuntu based, but should have no problem in Debian either. Good luck.
hi johannes (if you read this): ...interesting!do you happen to know if ALSA can initialize the chip of M-audio 2496? and, what is the code of the chip of this card?
regards, steef