[mythtv-users] offboard audio signal processor

[Joel Anderson]

> 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.

Regards,
Joel Anderson