[vox-tech] audio - soundcard to stereo

[jim stockford]

    if possible, could you also recommend a good sound card
for linux music creation (ALSA, multimedia, Rosegarden...)?


On Sep 12, 2006, at 8:37 AM, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:

> On Tue 12 Sep 06,  8:20 AM, Jeffrey J. Nonken <jjn_lugod at nonken.net> 
> said:
>>
>> Not all sound cards are designed to drive speakers directly. If yours
>> is not, you're essentially trying to drive speakers with line level
>> outputs. That would explain the tinny sound. (Also you're trying to
>> drive a low-impedence device with a higher impedence output.)
>
> Thanks for the reply.  What are some excellent sound card with respect 
> to
> sending signals to a stereo?  I don't mind buying a great sound card; 
> I just
> don't know what I should be looking for.
>
> Also, what exactly is "line level".  I assume "speaker level" means a 
> signal
> with enough power delivery to drive a standard 8-ohm speaker?  I'm
> embarrassingly unknowledgable about this subject.  If you know of any 
> good
> reading that can get me up to speed quickly (just purchased a home 
> stereo
> theater).
>
> Many thanks!
> Pete
>
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