From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dmitri Seletski Subject: looking for advice on buying a card Date: Sat, 02 May 2009 17:26:26 +0100 Message-ID: <49FC7432.9090301@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from mail-ew0-f175.google.com (mail-ew0-f175.google.com [209.85.219.175]) by alsa0.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9515E248B2 for ; Sat, 2 May 2009 12:20:05 +0200 (CEST) Received: by ewy23 with SMTP id 23so2291688ewy.32 for ; Sat, 02 May 2009 03:20:04 -0700 (PDT) List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org Errors-To: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org To: alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net, alsa-devel@alsa-project.org List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org Hello Guys I am thinking to buy pci express sound card. Nothing fancy, just something with dolby surround 7.1 and decent sound quality, rather inexpensive, i am not audiophile. I have noticed that there are not that many sound cards out there which have descent support in Linux(unlike many forums claim). I have had MAJOR problems with pci xfi card from creative labs(fatality gamers edition), my buddy still has a lot of problem with it, like major issues with input. No mic - no skype or other voip, you know yourself... I have found source of asus xonar dx(namely ebay), it is not that expensive compared to many other pci express cards out there, still is expensive enough, from alsa matrix it appears to be quite descent. Question is, is it worth buying? Is it painful to get it running?(probably nothing unusual, matter of loading module), does it work fully(does microphone work, does surround sound 7.1 work?)? Is there something better for similar money?(EUR 73 or =A365 or $97) Please do not propose incompletely supported cards(while i wouldn't mind submitting issues to mail lists if i come across bugs, i wouldn't want product that doesn't work) I appreciate any comments. Thank you in advance. Dmitri