Im thinking of buying this, but it seems very cheap , is this a good buy for my windows 7 machine? the onboard audiocard seems dull
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I've been using one for several months and really like it. I'm using Windows 7 x 64. My onboard audiocard seems a little weak on volume. This seems to improve it quite a bit.
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Yes it works but as you though its cheap . The Male USB connecter will bend easy and that makes the plastic case come off and the PC board to come apart there are better connector's and priced less I use for my head set.
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Go to the ASUS web site to verify that audio drivers for this card exist for Win 7 32. I am pretty sure that they do.
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I use Senn PC360 and have noticed a difference when gaming and recording with Audacity, escpecially in the analog mic input. Using lossless audio is where this card will really shine, so make sure your music library is encoded with ALAC or FLAC, and maybe try HD Tracks for some higher-than-CD quality music!
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as long as you have a pci slot you will get sound in win 7. i am not into quality sounds so all i needed was a sound card to play the windows tones or a music cd. hope this helps
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It all depends on your mother board. If it is a gaming motherboard it will most likely have a very good sound card built into it. If you have a cheap one, expect it to have cheap sound.
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The Scarlett interface works very well on windows 7. Setting cubase is a bit tricky but once it's done everything works fine.
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No. This motherboard doesn't need a sound card. Why pay so much if it didn't have quality sound lol
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I use Win 8 and the actual drivers are in the OS. In other words it will work as a simple volume control knob right out of the box. There is configuration software which makes it much more useful. It's under 3mb.
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no! the m audio NEVER once worked for me for windows 7! avoid like the plague!!!
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It works very well as a headset. As for dragon naturally speaking v10, its not the greatest with win 7. Best of luck.
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Works fine for me, I use no sound card. Let me say this though: I use FL Studio, which uses that special audio driver, and it doesn't seem to like it when I do live recording via the FL sound driver. I have to go into my Audio options, disable my audio, and then it will function for recording live sounds (just a pain really, but still works). Other than that, I have no complaints running it through my 20$ logictech speakers.
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You don't have to buy a sound card to have them sound good but if your motherboard doesn't have on board 7.1 sound on it then it's best you get a sound card. I'm using my on board 7.1 and didn't buy a sound card and they sound great to me but could be better with a sound card. Getting a sound card isn't a bad investment for your computer though if you don't have one
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Thanks Tony. I posted a similar question in the Sammy Netbook Forum (http://www.sammynetbook.com/plugins/forum/forum.php) and got alot of response. Most people seem to find Windows 7 an improvement over XP but the process is very cumbersome. Many report that drivers did not always work, that volume or microphone didn't work or that there were other problems. I've decided to wait until Windows 7 is released as final product.
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all I did was install the drivers that came with it .I have installed on 2 different pc's both with windows 7 I have only had problems with getting them to work with music ..I have 2 sets of them on same pc and like i said had zero install issues
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I had problems with the one I purchased, then found out that there is no product support at Numark for this unit. I sent mine back. If you can determine the bit rate of your onboard sound device, and it's 24bit, you won't find anything better under $300. I have a Soundblaster Xfi HD model SB1240 external USB sound card for my laptop (which has a 16bit sound device) and am very happy with it.
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I'm using it like a domain controler, but this don't have a sound card, you also need to add it, buy the machine works fine. i hope usefull.
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It has on-board audio,which is actually better than a separate sound card. Separate cards tend to generate more interference.