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Published on 10/28/01 at 08:31
PCI card.
Analog I / O Jack 6.35mm Stereo digital I / O RCA I / O Digital Optical SPDIF internal connector to connect a reader / writer, no MIDI.
Up to 24bit / 96 KHz.
Drivers Win9x/ME, WinNT4. MME, DirectX, ASIO, GSIF.
No apps.
UTILIZATION
Installation without problems (PNP).
Incompatibilities.
Minimal configuration.
No manual! (At the time, the card had just been released ... The manual is now available as PDF sister.).
GETTING STARTED
The drivers are stable, but not updated regularly enough for my taste.
Config: Asus A7V133, Duron 600 @ 877, 256MB PC133, 40GB 7200tr / m WD.
Cool Edit Pro, Sound Forge, Winamp + MAD plug-in.
No multitrack.
OVERALL OPINION
I have this card since August 2000 and I got attached. I am not a professional at all, and this card I used most often to listen to MP3s than anything else!
Before, I had (careful, it's serious) a Sound Blaster 16 Value PnP and Gravis Pro. When I put the Marian in the PC, the first thing I did was look for the bass and treble! Which, incidentally, does not exist. I listen exclusively to the headphone and the difference was ... monstrous! Where I stayed con is when the media at Marian (very nice) told me they had spent hours working out the map so that the answer is as straight as possible ... In short, some classical prejudice about "audiophiles" who can explain with words full of learned the difference between a CD player in 1000 and another shot at 10,000, fell.
I would not allow myself to give a peremptory judgm on this map, having no point of comparison, or experience in the field, but I find it rather nice!
What bothers me a bit is the price. I bought this card because I could get a good discount, but Franks 2400 (average price recorded at the time), for a normal user (I am) rather than leaning on the side of computer music side, c is perhaps a bit much ... Somehow, this card is done (and done well) for the Direct to Disk. Well, we can play with and spend MP3, but it may be throwing money out the window. For cons, I would never again buy from Sound Blaster.
Level drivers, the support told me that drivers for Windows 2000 should be released in June (2001) and that "independent developers" are working on Linux drivers. Better late than never ...
If it all over again ... I dunno ... "Quality semi-professional" starts to become more democratic (Terratec EWX 24/96, etc. .)... But in the same context, yes, I would.
Analog I / O Jack 6.35mm Stereo digital I / O RCA I / O Digital Optical SPDIF internal connector to connect a reader / writer, no MIDI.
Up to 24bit / 96 KHz.
Drivers Win9x/ME, WinNT4. MME, DirectX, ASIO, GSIF.
No apps.
UTILIZATION
Installation without problems (PNP).
Incompatibilities.
Minimal configuration.
No manual! (At the time, the card had just been released ... The manual is now available as PDF sister.).
GETTING STARTED
The drivers are stable, but not updated regularly enough for my taste.
Config: Asus A7V133, Duron 600 @ 877, 256MB PC133, 40GB 7200tr / m WD.
Cool Edit Pro, Sound Forge, Winamp + MAD plug-in.
No multitrack.
OVERALL OPINION
I have this card since August 2000 and I got attached. I am not a professional at all, and this card I used most often to listen to MP3s than anything else!
Before, I had (careful, it's serious) a Sound Blaster 16 Value PnP and Gravis Pro. When I put the Marian in the PC, the first thing I did was look for the bass and treble! Which, incidentally, does not exist. I listen exclusively to the headphone and the difference was ... monstrous! Where I stayed con is when the media at Marian (very nice) told me they had spent hours working out the map so that the answer is as straight as possible ... In short, some classical prejudice about "audiophiles" who can explain with words full of learned the difference between a CD player in 1000 and another shot at 10,000, fell.
I would not allow myself to give a peremptory judgm on this map, having no point of comparison, or experience in the field, but I find it rather nice!
What bothers me a bit is the price. I bought this card because I could get a good discount, but Franks 2400 (average price recorded at the time), for a normal user (I am) rather than leaning on the side of computer music side, c is perhaps a bit much ... Somehow, this card is done (and done well) for the Direct to Disk. Well, we can play with and spend MP3, but it may be throwing money out the window. For cons, I would never again buy from Sound Blaster.
Level drivers, the support told me that drivers for Windows 2000 should be released in June (2001) and that "independent developers" are working on Linux drivers. Better late than never ...
If it all over again ... I dunno ... "Quality semi-professional" starts to become more democratic (Terratec EWX 24/96, etc. .)... But in the same context, yes, I would.