Re: [Alsa-user] MAudio 2496 left-channel crackling

2008-04-28 Thread Dominique Dumont
Matt Garman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I did that too---took the card out and visually inspected it for > anything obvious (leaking or mis-shapen capacitors, burnt-looking > solder joints, etc). I didn't see anything though. But that just > means nothing obvious is wrong! ;) Could still be

Re: [Alsa-user] MAudio 2496 left-channel crackling

2008-04-25 Thread Matt Garman
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 06:00:01PM +0200, Dominique Dumont wrote: > ok. It you have "lucky time when there's no crackling", then it is > probably a bad solder joint on your card. > > Check the biggest components, they tend to be badly soldered. (I > have repaired the display on my Yamaha DSP-A1 j

Re: [Alsa-user] MAudio 2496 left-channel crackling

2008-04-25 Thread Dominique Dumont
Matt Garman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 04:19:43PM +0200, Dominique Dumont wrote: >> Matt Garman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > I forgot to mention, and don't know that this makes any >> > difference, but the crackling problems seemed to have developed >> > within the l

Re: [Alsa-user] MAudio 2496 left-channel crackling

2008-04-25 Thread Matt Garman
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 04:19:43PM +0200, Dominique Dumont wrote: > Matt Garman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I forgot to mention, and don't know that this makes any > > difference, but the crackling problems seemed to have developed > > within the last couple weeks or so. For the first month to

Re: [Alsa-user] MAudio 2496 left-channel crackling (was: Sound Quality: difference in digital outputs? optical vs coax? discrete vs integrated?)

2008-04-25 Thread Mark Knecht
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 7:10 AM, Matt Garman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 06:17:32AM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > > Any reason to suspect it's gotten damaged? I have an M-Audio 2496 > > and I've never had any trouble like you're experiencing. > > Nope, I bought it new, and

Re: [Alsa-user] MAudio 2496 left-channel crackling

2008-04-25 Thread Dominique Dumont
Matt Garman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I forgot to mention, and don't know that this makes any difference, > but the crackling problems seemed to have developed within the last > couple weeks or so. For the first month to six weeks I had and used > it, I don't recall any crackling. And even s

Re: [Alsa-user] MAudio 2496 left-channel crackling (was: Sound Quality: difference in digital outputs? optical vs coax? discrete vs integrated?)

2008-04-25 Thread Matt Garman
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 06:17:32AM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > Any reason to suspect it's gotten damaged? I have an M-Audio 2496 > and I've never had any trouble like you're experiencing. Nope, I bought it new, and only a couple months ago at that. I forgot to mention, and don't know that this ma

Re: [Alsa-user] MAudio 2496 left-channel crackling (was: Sound Quality: difference in digital outputs? optical vs coax? discrete vs integrated?)

2008-04-25 Thread Mark Knecht
Matt, For the most part I agree with your analysis. If the card is only making noise in the left channel then it seems more likely (to me anyway) that the card itself might be having problems. Bad clocking would presumably cause noise in both channels. Any reason to suspect it's gotten damag