Re: Sound card with S/PDIF input (and output) wanted

[Kai Vehmanen <kaiv@wakkanet.fi>]

On Sun, 4 Jul 1999, Kristian Soerensen wrote:

> It puzzles me that no more people are interested in using Linux for MP3
> encoding and recording purposes. Maybe the market just haven't caught up
> with the demand yet. I'm going to use that card to replace CD's, LP's etc.

Well, I think most people just rip the tracks straight from CDs. 
It's by far the easiest way to go. Also, you can use a CD-burner
for digital output (slow, but works). When it comes to recording,
16bits at 44,1kHz just isn't enough. I'd really like to see
a reasonably priced, 20bit/48kHz(or more) card with Linux support 
and digital io-jacks. But I guess I'm going to have to wait 
for long... 

It's funny how slow the soundcard development has been when 
compared to other computer components. I'm now using
a GUS MAX and a AWE64Gold for my recording work. Although 
GUS is at least two or three years older than the AWE, 
it can handle 16bit full-duplex while AWE64Gold can't (!).
Of course there are the overly-priced pro-cards, but 
they can't be used as an excuse forever.

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