[mythtv-users] offboard audio signal processor

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Wednesday 17 December 2003 12:23, Joel Anderson wrote:
> > Hi Folks
> >
> > Just wondering if anyone is using an offboard device that takes
> > the signal from the speaker output of a soundboard and prepares
> > it nicely for input to a (stereo component) amplifier.
> >
> > Sorry if this is an oddly-phrased question - but the builtin sound
> > on my Intel motherboard doesn't have a Line-Out, just a
> > Speaker-Out. And I'd rather not try to feed a noisy,
> > badly-amplified signal into my amplifier.
> >
> > I'm not sure exactly what sort of component I'm looking for (which
> > is probably why a few rounds of googling have been fruitless!), but
> > I do remember seeing some such devices advertised in the past few
> > years.
>
> Unless I have misunderstood, it sounds like you just want to disable
> your on-board sound and plug any decent PCI sound card in to take
> it's place.  An SB Live! or Audigy seem to work quite well, with lots
> of options for getting the sound in and out of your system.

I agree that would be the obvious solution, except I interpreted the 
qualifier "off-board" to mean "external device" (either the OP didn't 
realize a PCI sound card was the answer, or wants an "out-of-the-box" 
solution due to lack of PCI slots or some other reason).

-JAC