i have the sabrent. it works very well in windows with asio for all. it is advertised as 7.1 but has eight identical output channels (you have to watch out for virtual 7,1 boxes) i have bult myself an eight channel digiital amplifier using quad cards from sure electronics (50 usd including shipping for each) and eight loudspeakers using vifa four inch full range drivers in small wooden boxes. i have so far connected four speakers. the other four - now! umashankar
i have published my poems. read (or buy) at http://stores.lulu.com/umashankar > Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 21:08:43 -0400 > From: m...@hacklava.net > To: sursound@music.vt.edu > Subject: Re: [Sursound] Minim AD7 for sale > > Sun, 01 May 2011 01:44:38 +0100, > Stefan Schreiber <st...@mail.telepac.pt> wrote : > > > Gerard Lardner wrote: > > > > >Perhaps something on the lines of a PlugComputer running Plug > > >Ubuntu, a USB sound card, Linux software packaged for simple use and > > >having a web control interface, and an iPhone app to control it all? > > >The hardware (PlugComputer and sound card) then could be <$200, I > > >think (excluding the iPhone - but some mobile providers are now > > >giving that away free with some service contracts). > > > > > >Anyone up to doing it? > > > > > >Gerard Lardner > > > > > That's a good idea, > but where to find a cheap USB sound card with 8 output channels? > I know about one, but I suspect it is not very good: > http://sabrent.com/v2/8-channel-3d-usb-2-0-external-7-1-surround-sound-box-wdigital-output/ > Then an external 8 channels amplifier would be required... > > It might be cheaper (and better) to use a desktop computer (small or > big) with an on-board sound card, and include 4 stereo class-D > amplifiers in the computer box, although such a configuration could be > subject to internal interferences. > > > So you want to combine the cheap costs of of a Ubuntu media center > > (needs some programming work, though) with the beauty of your beloved > > iPhone? > > Or any Android device? > > > < g > > > > > Stefan Schreiber > > > > P.S.: Small hint > > > > It would be better if the Linux software might work for other Linux > > distributions, too... > > The main differences between Linux distributions are the packaging > systems and the versions of the included software. It's fairly easy to > convert a well packaged software for other distributions (and packaging > systems) > > -- > Marc > > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20110501/568b403c/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
