Maybe 5 or 6 years ago my son and I put together a pretty slick for the time
pc for my ham radio elmer and his wife. They had 0 pc experience. A year or
so down the road, they wanted to keep up with technology and bought a Dell
of some flavor. I was out installing programs for them and noticed I
couldn't hear there sounds. I had to crank up the speakers way up on the
Dell to even come close to the generic pci card that was in the other pc. I
noticed the same thing with this pc as it has built in speakers, but they
are disabled and a sound blaster is in it's place. You can always download
the sound card test program off of the WriteLog site to get some idea
anyway. I think someone mentioned (K6LL?) that you do have to go into
settings of the microphone in Windows and make sure the compression box is
checked with the Heil mics. Unless you have the Icom model headset or maybe
even the new "Pro Set Media" version, "Using a very high performance
condenser microphone element, designed specifically for the requirements of
the computer sound cards, the new Heil PRO SET MEDIA brings your computer to
life with beautiful broadcast audio." (from the ad)
73, Mike K9MI
----- Original Message -----
From: "N7MAL" <N7MAL@CITLINK.NET>
To: <w3dq@arrl.net>; <cq-contest@contesting.com>; <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 18:44
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] [CQ-Contest] Quality of Sound Cards?
>2 years ago when I got hit by lightening and had to replace everything I
>got
> a Dell computer with built-in sound. It was a bad idea. None of my sound
> related apps worked very well and 'on-the-fly' recordings didn't sound
> good.
> I ordered a Sound Blaster card and everything is back to normal here. I
> think built-in sound is a real compromise.
> 73
>
>
> MAL
> N7MAL
> BULLHEAD CITY, AZ
> http://www.ctaz.com/~suzyq/N7mal.htm
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Eric Rosenberg
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com ; writelog@contesting.com
> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 18:01
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Quality of Sound Cards?
>
>
> When I upgraded the shack computer from a P3 to a P4 (a 1.6 GHz IBM
> NetVista), I didn't swap the (Soundblaster 16 PCI) sound card. Instead I
> am
> using the one built-in to the new computer.
>
> My station is a HEil Proset feeding an Orion. I use Writelog.
>
> I made a "recording on the fly" through the during the contest last
> weekend, and the results were sub-par, certainly when compared to the
> recording I made directly into the radio.
>
> My questions:
>
> - Is this a software configuration (i.e., how Writelog records) issue?
>
> - Will the old sound card back sound better than the built-in one (i.e.,
> are there greater and lesser than equal sound cards)? If so, is the Audio
> Delta 44 Audio Card ($159) that the SDR-1000 uses worth the investment?
>
> 73 & Thanks,
>
> Eric W3DQ
> Washington, DC
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