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Hello,

I am thinking of buying the above mentioned sound card. I have two
questions:

1. Is it supported under Linux? (probably dumb question)

2. Is it better than Sound Blaster Audigy with 1394 SB0090 (as both seem
to be in the same price range of $60.00?

Thanks in advance,
-ishwar

Quote:> 1. Is it supported under Linux? (probably dumb question)

Partly.  Mine did not work reliably with the OSS driver included in
kernel 2.2.20.  That driver also did not have rear speaker support, and
I don't think any of the Linux drivers use the built-in EQ capability.

I ended up buying the commercial OSS driver from:
<http://www.opensound.com/>

The commercial driver works quite well.  I have not tried the rear
speaker support, which is supposed to work, as I bought the card for a
dedicated MP3 box that only plays stereo (the Santa Cruz had the best
noise and distortion performance I could find for under $100).

I understand that the Alsa people have found some info about this card
and have made some progress on improving the free drivers, but I am not
up-to-date on that.  What I've got works so I haven't messed with it.

Quote:> 2. Is it better than Sound Blaster Audigy with 1394 SB0090 (as both seem
> to be in the same price range of $60.00?

That I don't know.  IIRC the Audigy wasn't when I bought mine.

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