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I'm amazed that consumer-grade audio cards are still available and cheap, to be honest. I can't recall having seen one in years, then again, I haven't had a re
by mywittyname 4y ago
I'm amazed that consumer-grade audio cards are still available and cheap, to be honest. I can't recall having seen one in years, then again, I haven't had a reason to look for them in years either.
- wheels 4y agoTo be clear: actual "PCI-slot"-ish audio cards are now rare. But USB / Thunderbolt (and previously Firewire) external interfaces are a dime a dozen. Serious audio mostly uses them now.
- baybal2 4y agoMicrochips are cheap, once initial investment is made. I guess, it only costs ~10¢ for new SoundBlasters at 90nm-130nm. The price of 10 sound cards will be enough to pay for a whole wafer.
- zymhan 4y agoCreative is still marketing them to gamers, amazingly. Can't say I haven't been tempted.
- ska 4y agoPretty common for any hobbiest who wants to record things too.
- nimish 4y agoAnything with a mic input will work. Audio interfaces over USB are plentiful these days though the discrete PC sound card is pretty rare :(
- leetcrew 4y agoit's a weird market segment. the inside of a computer is not a great place to put a DAC, due to the EMI from all the other components. an audio enthusiast is going to strongly prefer running optical or USB to an external DAC/amp. a non-enthusiast is likely to be happy with whatever comes with their motherboard. it's hard to imagine a scenario that actually makes sense for a high-end audio card, but I'm sure some people buy them anyway.