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    best external sound card

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by kracken, Feb 10, 2006.

  1. kracken

    kracken Newbie

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    Hello everyone,
    I am Kracken, just joined today and have a question. I have a new HP dv8130us and would like to improve sound. I will be listening mostly with head phones, Shure E2c's, and occasionally to a system. What card do you suggest to get to optimum sound from by Hp. Thanks for any ideas:hp:
     
    kracken, Feb 10, 2006
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  2. dr_st

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    PCMCIA options are very limited. Echo Indigo and Audigy2 ZS. I'd go with the Audigy personally, cause I like Creative cards in general. I have the desktop version of the Audigy2 ZS and it's great.

    USB options are more various, but I personally prefer my sound device to be internal, not external. I hate USB.
     
    dr_st, Feb 10, 2006
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  3. LoRDZiM

    LoRDZiM Notebook Consultant

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    another vote for the Audigy2 ZS Notebook
     
    LoRDZiM, Feb 10, 2006
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    alex5523 Notebook Geek

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    i have a question about the audigy, if i install it in my laptop, then the speakers of the laptop will have the improvement the card offers? or do i need to use headphones or other external speakers?
     
    alex5523, Feb 12, 2006
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  5. dr_st

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    That's something I'd like to know as well. I've been getting contradicting information from various sources.
     
    dr_st, Feb 12, 2006
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    No, when you install the external soundcard your laptops speakers will not work.
     
    cooldude1015, Feb 12, 2006
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  7. alex5523

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    no my question is if i install the internal the audigy one, or that one is external too?
     
    alex5523, Feb 12, 2006
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  8. dr_st

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    It's sort of between internal and external.
     
    dr_st, Feb 12, 2006
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    Good question about the speakers. I know someone who has the Creatice PCI card so I will ask him when I can and report back.
     
    Bamboo One, Feb 12, 2006
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  10. Shampoo

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    The speakers WILL work on your laptop. The audigy2 zs notebook allows you to set it all up in its options.

    Check out the thread about this soundcard I posted in the hardware upgrades section.
     
    Shampoo, Mar 9, 2006
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    Hmmm... when I set it up, the speakers on my laptop wouldn't work no matter how much you tweaked...
     
    cooldude1015, Mar 9, 2006
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  12. Shampoo

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    Really? Then maybe you have an incompatible PCMCIA controller. Can you list which one you have?
     
    Shampoo, Mar 10, 2006
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