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post #1 of 8
12/3/03 at 1:47pm
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My 8887 has pretty crappy sound when outputed from the headphone/line out jack, so I have been looking into external soundcards. I use my laptop with just a stereo I have on my desk. I use it to pretty much just play MP3s, but there is some gaming too. I would like better sound coming from the speakers because the with the built in sound, there are slight pops and crackles in the songs which I know are not the MP3 file. What is a good external sound card to use?

I was thinking about the echo indigo io. Is this a nice soundcard? Has anyone here used it? What are yall's opinions on it? I also need the input jack, so the regular indigo would not work.

thanks for your help.
-Nick
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post #2 of 8
12/4/03 at 3:41pm
The Echo is excellent. I have no problems and it sounds great. The crackles and pops were on my 8890, and even with the Echo I heard them. The problem was grounding when using the AC adapter. It wasn't there when using the battery. I used a three prong to two prong adapter to lift the ground, and the noise went away.
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post #3 of 8
12/4/03 at 4:41pm
Surf the forums on the echo indigo. I think a lot of people have recommended it over time. Possibly also the Exigy. Good luck.
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post #4 of 8
12/4/03 at 7:26pm

humming noise

i have the 3 prong plug, i still get a massive humming noise, i also use an external sound card...any other ideas, is there a way to remove the humming completely

Cheers
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post #5 of 8
12/4/03 at 11:14pm
Are you using the adapter with two prongs? That's what got rid of my noise. Search this site for other audio problems. I have also turned off my IR from the control panel.
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post #6 of 8
12/4/03 at 11:50pm
Yeah, you probably have a ground loop. This was on the forums a while back, maybe it was you who started it, can't remember.
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post #7 of 8
12/5/03 at 12:17am
tried it with running the laptop on battery power, still loud humming, i was told it could be the hard drive noise, if this is so how i am supposed to run it through a sound system ?
Any ideas
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post #8 of 8
12/5/03 at 1:36am
If you still have it with the battery (and the AC isn't plugged in), then you don't have a grounding problem. Check the threads for IR disabling. Otherwise I would call Sager.
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