new sound card

[Vell]

i have my factory sound card and my beats sound shitty as hell. what is a good sound card to buy. im in the $100 range. thanks for any help

 

[nebulous]

Are you going to use it to sample too, or just for playback? If you just need a good sound card for playback anything recent and made by creative should work good and if you're looking to sample the EMU 0404 and M-Audio 2496 both run for about $100.

 

[EvRy1~MaN]

Are you going to use it to sample too, or just for playback? If you just need a good sound card for playback anything recent and made by creative should work good and if you're looking to sample the EMU 0404 and M-Audio 2496 both run for about $100.

Damn you read my mind.

 

[pancakebunnny]

Damn you read my mind.

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[nebulous]

Dude your inbox is boiling over... I wanted to ask you about the rest of our deal but I can't send you a message.... clear that inbox and holla at me on the private message deal.



Yeah yeah, offtopic. Bite me.

You too, ya rabid canadian.

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[konceptG]

i have my factory sound card and my beats sound shitty as hell. what is a good sound card to buy. im in the $100 range. thanks for any help

The simple answer: Emu 0404 and Audiophile 2496 are your best bets.

The more complex answer: See if you can find an Echo Mia MIDI, Audiotrak Maya44+ (rare), Digi Audiomedia III, Emu APS, Echo Gina (20 bit) or Darla (20 bit), or maybe a Terratec EWS88MT. They're all good cards and can be had for about $100 on Ebay.

Personally, I have an Audiomedia III that I got for $60 on Ebay. It sucks as a general purpose audio card (i.e. it doesn't WORK with anything other than audio apps), for as an ASIO audio card it's great. I also have an old ass Soundblaster Vibra16 card in my machine for games and whatnot.