Re: a 64 bit sound card for an old curmudgeon

2013-10-13 Thread Dane Trethowan
Interesting and thanks for the info, I still have one of my cards here. Now a question, - if we're talking about the same card - it has 4 3.5MM sockets on the back of it, I believe they're not labeled, the idea is that you're supposed to be able to customise these sockets - that is to say you ca

Re: a 64 bit sound card for an old curmudgeon

2013-10-13 Thread roger.south
I also use a Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 card. When I moved to Win7 64 bit it stopped working as yours has. A visit to Creative's website, with the aid of sighted assistance, for a driver upgrade solved that and it's now as good as it ever was. Roger -Original Message- From: Peter

Re: a 64 bit sound card for an old curmudgeon

2013-10-13 Thread Robert Nelson
Suggest that you have a look at the following Asus sound cards: Asus XONAR U7 Asus Essence STX Note that Xonar is spelled X O N A R Or one of the Auzentech sound cards which can be found at www.auzentech.com Note that auzentech is spelled a u z e n t e c h Hope this helps. Bob Nelson ---

RE: Grado SR60i headphones | Stereophile.com

2013-10-13 Thread Hamit Campos
These are on ear phones right? -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Rick Alfaro Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2013 4:00 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Grado SR60i headphones | Stereophile.com Yes, they do have bass. If you like

RE: Grado SR60i headphones | Stereophile.com

2013-10-13 Thread Hamit Campos
That's good. This is why I like Bose stuff too. It's really brite. I don''t like flat stuff. That's good to hear these have some bass too though. You don't want them to only have good trevle, you also need good bass. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]

Re: a 64 bit sound card for an old curmudgeon

2013-10-13 Thread Dane Trethowan
Sounds as though there's a conflict somewhere, have you checked to see that the drivers for your Sound Blaster card are compatible with the new operating system you're running. I stopped using Sound Blaster cards quite some time ago, the main reason being that the software they came supplied w

a 64 bit sound card for an old curmudgeon

2013-10-13 Thread Peter Tighe
I have just changed from a 32 bit version of Windows 7 to a 64 bit version. My old sound card seems to lock up my mother board! I always liked sound blaster audigy sound cards. My old card doesn't work. What Can I use which is similar to the audigy card. I can accept all kinds of enhancements a

RE: Grado SR60i headphones | Stereophile.com

2013-10-13 Thread Rick Alfaro
Yes, they do have bass. If you like very bright clear and crisp, you will probably like these phones. I was a real headphone junky a while back and have spent all kinds of mony on different phones and the Grado sr60 are one of a kind with a very unique and distinct sound which is why they have a re

RE: Grado SR60i headphones | Stereophile.com

2013-10-13 Thread Hamit Campos
They are chrisp ha? Good I say. I prefer chrisp. But I also want some basss with that too. Any bass to these? -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2013 12:05 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: R