Re: [Alsa-user] Sound Quality: difference in digital outputs? optical vs coax? discrete vs integrated?

2008-04-25 Thread Mark Knecht
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 7:13 AM, Matt Garman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 06:29:30PM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > > > In my experience there is no comparison between my Benchmark DAC1 > > and the D/A in our home theater. In one case the DAC1 is a $1K > > converter driven by

Re: [Alsa-user] Sound Quality: difference in digital outputs? optical vs coax? discrete vs integrated?

2008-04-25 Thread Matt Garman
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 06:29:30PM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > In my experience there is no comparison between my Benchmark DAC1 > and the D/A in our home theater. In one case the DAC1 is a $1K > converter driven by a spdif cable. In the other case it's a $300 > Sony receiver with probably a $20 D/

Re: [Alsa-user] Sound Quality: difference in digital outputs? optical vs coax? discrete vs integrated?

2008-04-25 Thread Keith Owens
Rene Herman (on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:18:11 +0200) wrote: >On 24-04-08 21:13, Matt Garman wrote: > >> A specific question: if using digital output, is there a difference >> (sound quality-wise) between optical/toslink and coaxial? Say my >> soundcard can output both via optical and coax, and my am

Re: [Alsa-user] Sound Quality: difference in digital outputs? optical vs coax? discrete vs integrated?

2008-04-24 Thread Sergei Steshenko
On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:12:53 -0700 "Mark Knecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 7:09 PM, Sergei Steshenko > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:29:30 -0700 > > "Mark Knecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > you'll have to resample your pristine

Re: [Alsa-user] Sound Quality: difference in digital outputs? optical vs coax? discrete vs integrated?

2008-04-24 Thread Rene Herman
On 24-04-08 21:13, Matt Garman wrote: > In short, I'm looking for the best stereo sound I can get from my Linux > system---the main use will be listening to my CD collection (ripped as > FLAC). > > A specific question: if using digital output, is there a difference > (sound quality-wise) between

Re: [Alsa-user] Sound Quality: difference in digital outputs? optical vs coax? discrete vs integrated?

2008-04-24 Thread Mark Knecht
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 7:09 PM, Sergei Steshenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:29:30 -0700 > "Mark Knecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > you'll have to resample your pristine lossless audio rips from 44.1K > > to 48K. That will add lots of coloring to the sound and

Re: [Alsa-user] Sound Quality: difference in digital outputs? optical vs coax? discrete vs integrated?

2008-04-24 Thread Sergei Steshenko
On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:29:30 -0700 "Mark Knecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > you'll have to resample your pristine lossless audio rips from 44.1K > to 48K. That will add lots of coloring to the sound and (in my opinion > anyway) make the rest of this discussion almost unimportant. > ??? Resa

Re: [Alsa-user] Sound Quality: difference in digital outputs? optical vs coax? discrete vs integrated?

2008-04-24 Thread Mark Knecht
Matt, It's a great subject and one I've played with quite a bit. Hopefully I can point you in a direction or two to think about. Unfortunately, I think in your quest to become totally digital in your sound path you have ended up leaving out what is actually the most important component in de

[Alsa-user] Sound Quality: difference in digital outputs? optical vs coax? discrete vs integrated?

2008-04-24 Thread Matt Garman
In short, I'm looking for the best stereo sound I can get from my Linux system---the main use will be listening to my CD collection (ripped as FLAC). A specific question: if using digital output, is there a difference (sound quality-wise) between optical/toslink and coaxial? Say my soundcard can

Re: [Alsa-user] Sound quality with SB Live 5.1

2006-09-13 Thread Arthur Marsh
aluizio-neto wrote, On 2006-09-14 11:26: > No, guys, I use gnome, not KDE. And Im talking about alsamixer here. > I just can`t find any input record controls, only the capture feedback witch > doesn`t help me because it just doesn`t affect the way the recording > sounds > Thanks a lot, > Alui

Re: [Alsa-user] Sound quality with SB Live 5.1

2006-09-13 Thread aluizio-neto
No, guys, I use gnome, not KDE. And Im talking about alsamixer here. I just can`t find any input record controls, only the capture feedback witch doesn`t help me because it just doesn`t affect the way the recording sounds Thanks a lot, Aluizio Neto ---

Re: [Alsa-user] Sound quality with SB Live 5.1

2006-09-13 Thread Bill Unruh
On Wed, 13 Sep 2006, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday 13 September 2006 15:24, Lee Revell wrote: >> On Wed, 2006-09-13 at 16:19 -0300, aluizio-neto wrote: >>> That was the first thing I thought but there`s no capture record volume >>> on my mixer, only the capture feedback, witch doesn`t make an

Re: [Alsa-user] Sound quality with SB Live 5.1

2006-09-13 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 13 September 2006 15:24, Lee Revell wrote: >On Wed, 2006-09-13 at 16:19 -0300, aluizio-neto wrote: >> That was the first thing I thought but there`s no capture record volume >> on my mixer, only the capture feedback, witch doesn`t make any >> difference in the sound I record... Thanks

Re: [Alsa-user] Sound quality with SB Live 5.1

2006-09-13 Thread Lee Revell
On Wed, 2006-09-13 at 16:19 -0300, aluizio-neto wrote: > That was the first thing I thought but there`s no capture record volume on my > mixer, only the capture feedback, witch doesn`t make any difference in the > sound I record... > Thanks a lot, Let me guess, kmix? It's buggy. Run alsamixer,

Re: [Alsa-user] Sound quality with SB Live 5.1

2006-09-13 Thread aluizio-neto
That was the first thing I thought but there`s no capture record volume on my mixer, only the capture feedback, witch doesn`t make any difference in the sound I record... Thanks a lot, Aluizio Neto - Using Tomcat but need

Re: [Alsa-user] Sound quality with SB Live 5.1

2006-09-12 Thread Arthur Marsh
aluizio-neto wrote, On 2006-09-12 22:25: > I`m new here and I`m sorry if this topic has already been exposed, the > problem is: > > I use my SB Live (live line in) to radio broadcasting and the live input > audio is very distorced. > >I use the alsa drivers with Fedora Core 5. What can I do? I

Re: [Alsa-user] Sound quality with SB Live 5.1

2006-09-12 Thread Dominique Dumont
"aluizio-neto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I use my SB Live (live line in) to radio broadcasting and the live > input audio is very distorced. I use the alsa drivers with Fedora > Core 5. What can I do? I realy need a clean sound. In Windows it > sounds great but is not stable enought for a radi

[Alsa-user] Sound quality with SB Live 5.1

2006-09-12 Thread aluizio-neto
I`m new here and I`m sorry if this topic has already been exposed, the problem is: I use my SB Live (live line in) to radio broadcasting and the live input audio is very distorced. I use the alsa drivers with Fedora Core 5. What can I do? I realy need a clean sound. In Windows it sounds great b

RE: [Alsa-user] Sound quality problem on a i810 chipset

2004-04-27 Thread SMITH Linton
-user] Sound quality problem on a i810 chipset Hello Cournapeau, Tuesday, April 27, 2004, 8:52:56 AM, you wrote: CD> Hi there, CD> Mainly because I want to use the jack server, I use alsa driver on CD> my debian laptop, CD> which has a intel 810 chipset. When I insert the modules

Re: [Alsa-user] Sound quality problem on a i810 chipset

2004-04-27 Thread Robert Jung
Hello Cournapeau, Tuesday, April 27, 2004, 8:52:56 AM, you wrote: CD> Hi there, CD> Mainly because I want to use the jack server, I use alsa driver on CD> my debian laptop, CD> which has a intel 810 chipset. When I insert the modules in kernel CD> space, I have one message which seems not ri

[Alsa-user] Sound quality problem on a i810 chipset

2004-04-26 Thread Cournapeau David
Hi there, Mainly because I want to use the jack server, I use alsa driver on my debian laptop, which has a intel 810 chipset. When I insert the modules in kernel space, I have one message which seems not right :) " MC'97 1 converters and GPIO not ready (0xf200) Apr 27 08:54:05 gabou-lapto

Re: [Alsa-user] Sound quality..

2003-11-23 Thread Florian Schmidt
On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 13:50:05 +0100 Marco Tommaso Coiatelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All! I'm wrtiting to ask something about audio quality. The output > > of my soundcard goes directly to the hi-fi but I feel the quality of > the sound really low.. With the same hi-fi I listen to music wi

[Alsa-user] Sound quality..

2003-11-23 Thread Marco Tommaso Coiatelli
Hi All! I'm wrtiting to ask something about audio quality. The output of my soundcard goes directly to the hi-fi but I feel the quality of the sound really low.. With the same hi-fi I listen to music with a cd player and the quality is quite good, is it possible to reach a similar result? Than

[Alsa-user] Sound quality, does Alsa deliver?

2003-06-20 Thread Ken Thompson
Current, I'm using stock Mandrake 9.1 Drivers for my Soundblaster Audigy card. In a nutshell the sound BLOWS. There is very little bass and quite a lot of treble. I've attempted to adjust the sound properties, but still no good. Will Alsa drivers improve the overall sound quality and deliver s

Re: [Alsa-user] Sound quality issues with VIA 8233 chipset on a Shuttle AK31A motherboard

2001-12-07 Thread Todd Dunkirk
Thank you for responding. I have moved my response to a different thread, called 'Intermittent Distorted Sound -- Via KT266A with snd-card-via8233'. I inadvertently sent the original post with a thread header too similar to another thread (he is having problems with modprobe, not the sound qualit

[Alsa-user] Sound quality issues with VIA 8233 chipset on a Shuttle AK31A motherboard

2001-12-07 Thread Tomas 'ebi' Ebenlendr
I have the same problem, the 'snd_ac97_clock' argument probably works not on my chipset (MSI MS-6380 K7T266 Pro motherboard). The only way to get 'clear sound' from mp3 seems to use xmms with its crossfade plugin, and set Sample rate to 48kHz (in Output table). (I tried (alsa 0.9+0beta7-2 with 2.4

[Alsa-user] Sound quality issues with VIA 8233 chipset on a Shuttle AK31A motherboard

2001-12-06 Thread Todd Dunkirk
Hello All, I have tried both the 0.5 and the 0.9 drivers with approximately the same result: very noisy or scatchy sound. I believe this issue has been mentioned in prior months on this list, but I will go over it again. Essentially the sound quality is distorted. The driver itself does load and

Re: [Alsa-user] Sound quality

2001-10-27 Thread Erik Mouw
On Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 04:37:51PM +0200, Boris Breidenbach wrote: > I am running Alsa-Driver-0.5.11. I am using my onboard soundcard VIA 8233. > But the quality of mp3 files played under linux is not comparable to the > same file played with win. Is somebody else experiencing this effect? Any > s

[Alsa-user] Sound quality

2001-10-27 Thread Boris Breidenbach
Hello! I am running Alsa-Driver-0.5.11. I am using my onboard soundcard VIA 8233. But the quality of mp3 files played under linux is not comparable to the same file played with win. Is somebody else experiencing this effect? Any suggestions how to improve the sound quality? Regards, Boris