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  Sound card recommendation

  Posted by Dennis on June 5, 2005 at 7:19 pm

  I’m building a new system with the main purpose of video editing (miniDV). I also listen to MP3s.

  In my current system I have Sound Blaster Live! Platinum 5.1 with LiveDrive (front panel box).
  I want to edit videos on both systems. I use 48kHz for video editing, yet most of my MP3s are 44kHz.

  I am thinking of 3 choices for the new system:
  1) move my Platinum 5.1 from current system to the new system. Get some cheap sound card for the current system
  2) get Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
  3) get Sound Blaster Live 24

  I’m under impression that Platinum doesn’t resample 44kHz to 48kHz, which may be better for MP3s. That’s why I have choice 1.
  About choice 2: It seems that Audigy 2 and Live24(?) do the resampling. Will this resampling hurt my MP3 playback ? If so, how much and how ?
  Choice 3 is a cheaper option than 2 and still have everything I need.
  I’m wondering which option will be better for me.

  Dennis replied 20 years, 11 months ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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