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Re: Sound Blaster: From best to worst

Posted on 2022-01-02, 22:16

Okay, so all this best/worst aside. Which one looks the coolest? I’m talking multiple drive plugs maybe a cool pcb color big neat lookin chips, and of course simm slots! Bonus question which one is the longest? Coolest looking is the original Sound Blaster 1.0/1.5 aka "Killer Card" CT1320 with its …

Re: Sound Blaster: From best to worst

Posted on 2021-12-29, 21:26

The problems on your CT2770 are surprising indeed. Maybe there is a version of the Creative Mixer that can set the main amplification (1x, 2x, 4x) on inputs and outputs? I remember i had these on some cards/driver versions. Should be always set to 1x, if clipping occurs. Also there could be jumpers …

Re: Sound Blaster: From best to worst

Posted on 2021-06-14, 08:35

CT4170 rocks for headphone usage If you don't mind CQM (or actually prefer it because you had it back in the day and that was how your games sounded), then yes. Also if you don't need a WT header and can live with the other Vibra limitations...but Vibra cards have a wonderfully clear sound (maybe …

Re: Sound Blaster: From best to worst

Posted on 2021-06-09, 09:02

Welcome @Metalliferous! Very much appreciated! Also thanks to this awesome community (and probably Google), this thread reached well over 10.000 views by now! Regarding noise measurements: Its a different topic but results should absolutely be merged into this document, yes. I hope that someone with …

Re: Sound Blaster: From best to worst

Posted on 2021-04-19, 15:11

CHANGELOG 2021-04-19 -We are now on Google Docs Filters and sorting! Always up-to-date XLSX export of latest edit also available -Added CT3630 thanks @perhenden -Lowered SB16 Self-Noise „traffic light“ from red to yellow, changed text from „High“ to „Noisy“ -Revised and expanded all the descriptions …

Re: Sound Blaster: From best to worst

Posted on 2021-03-22, 09:38

nice work on the latest update. i really have to say though, i am uneasy with the "Self Noise" column and how it's purely based on the DAC. it's uncomfortably close to those endless arguments in audiophile forums comparing two CD players, one with 64x oversampling DACs, and the other with 128x …

Re: Sound Blaster: From best to worst

Posted on 2021-03-22, 09:14

perhenden wrote on 2021-03-22, 09:01: I found a model not mentioned in the list, and thought I would contribute. The CT3630. I've just seen a picture of it (attachment). Hopefully chips and versions can be identified from this single image. Thanks! Great list. Thank you! If there is a photo, i will …

Re: Sound Blaster: From best to worst

Posted on 2021-03-11, 22:59

So, based on simple solution that @Cloudschatze suggested, does it make sense to change the status in the "self-noise" field for the CT1730/40/50/70 ? With an added node perhaps ? Big thanks to Cloudschatze for posting these tips for noise optimization. While i personally trust Cloudschatzes …

Re: Sound Blaster 16 & AWE: From best to worst

Posted on 2021-03-07, 20:06

I've got the Vibra 16XV CT4170. It has DSP version 4.16. When i maximize the mixer, i have hearable clipping. At Doom it's very clear hearable. It can also be seen, when loading my posted FLAC files in a audio editor like Audacity. You can see that the waves are cutted and they looks like a …

Re: Finally my 3dfx Voodoo2 SLI project!

Posted on 2021-02-19, 18:21

Get some air cooling going for these Voodoo 2's...they get hotter the faster the cpu speed is. Putting them in like this and also with other cards above and below, they will get really hot. When Voodoo 2 got released a Pentium II 300 Mhz was the fastest processor and i'm sure the cooling/thermal …

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