Francisco Scaramanga
12-12-2004, 11:29 PM
I am looking for an external soundcard for my laptop, but it seems that soundcards have changed since the last time I bought one, all this talk of S/PDIF and 5.1 surround, and all sorts of other stuff has confused me, so I am hoping if I make a quick list of my basic requirements someone might be able to point me in the right direction.
I would like to have phono inputs and outputs, as well as 1/4" jack inputs, and ideally outputs as well.
It has to be external as it is for a laptop.
It needs to be as close to noiseless as possible, I don't want any background hiss, or the sound of the fans and drives and whatnot drowning out the tunes.
I am looking to spend no more than £100 - unless there is something really worth it at £110 or something like that (and if its £50, I'd really love it).
I should also add that I don't want anything fancy, I couldent give a rats ass about surround sound or playing games or dvds, I just want to play music with it. So something basic and functional is what I really want, not the best soundcard in the world.
I know this is a question that gets asked alot, and I did try to figure it out myself by trawling trough the archives of soundcard questions, but I really couldent get any satisfactory answer from reading the other threads. I've probably just missed the one that has the answer in it I need, so sorry for being shit, but I'd really appreciate the help.
I would like to have phono inputs and outputs, as well as 1/4" jack inputs, and ideally outputs as well.
It has to be external as it is for a laptop.
It needs to be as close to noiseless as possible, I don't want any background hiss, or the sound of the fans and drives and whatnot drowning out the tunes.
I am looking to spend no more than £100 - unless there is something really worth it at £110 or something like that (and if its £50, I'd really love it).
I should also add that I don't want anything fancy, I couldent give a rats ass about surround sound or playing games or dvds, I just want to play music with it. So something basic and functional is what I really want, not the best soundcard in the world.
I know this is a question that gets asked alot, and I did try to figure it out myself by trawling trough the archives of soundcard questions, but I really couldent get any satisfactory answer from reading the other threads. I've probably just missed the one that has the answer in it I need, so sorry for being shit, but I'd really appreciate the help.