not nessecery. EMU0404 is a stereo card. not multichannel.


usually i prefer listen song with all EQ and dfx off. i found it is more natural and beautiful.
if on eq, especially software EQ. it will some how shrink sound stage and the "fullness" of the midrange. sound very metal/ digital..

so do u know how to adjust cs21 equ??..can teach me??....

nah... i juz simply adjust the eq only... adjust till okok then can d... haha...
now juz waiting to buy a sound card...

anyway... PcWork... where to buy EMU 0404 ?? i check lowyat pricelist dun have ler...
Manufacturer E-MU or Creative 1 ??? Creative 1 can find la...

if your speakers is good enough to produce accurate music, then there's no point tuning the equalizers. For me i just set all EQ to flat and turn my bass knob to minimum.

EMU0404 you can get it from ALL IT. The price is RM500+ Manufacturer is from Creative, but this is not average Joe's card though... they don't label it "Professional" for nothing. If you were to get this card, be prepared to fork out another RM100 to get a custom breakout as the 0404 doesn't come with standard 3.5mm jack.

lol i don't make it anymore. perhaps ask other ppl DIY can also..
=P

by the way.... i always turn my EQ off even on AC97.
weiredo, i think akabane EMU soundcard is NOT from creative.. it's from EMU itself...
just knew EMU also a brand , bought by creative... hehehe

ya... those IT shops only selling Creative brand...
but i checked those review its EMU brand itself...
maybe creative have bought it down...
PcWork is right... ask other ppl do... haha...

i'm quoting the price of Midi Specialist leh, your cables are much much cheaper

EMU not from Creative? The full name for the 0404 card is "Creative Professional EMU0404" wo

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/0404/

one of the review i found from google...
Manufacturer: E-MU

i'm very sure the 0404 is from Creative though, as i still have the original box which bears the "Creative" name on it. Maybe Creative bought up this E-MU company years ago.


My box is same with this except the Japanese wordings

haha... sud b lor...
i think i'll get it after christmas...
RM 500 not cheap oso...

Hi, all AL fans... hows life going on? so glad to get so many replies from you all... well, probably you can share what you paired your speaker with and probably its settings...

for me..

SB Audigy 2 -> MX5021 -> Rock -> TTplayer (Direct Sound)

hehe... i always feel a set of MX5021 is not enough... thinking to get another set of MX5021 to upgrade my pc to 4.2 ....

akabane drjacker's EMU is from EMU brand itself
i did some search and found out, that creative bought over the whole EMU company and comes creative EMU Series, while before this creative were famous for it's live series.
and IMHO, the built quality of EMU brand looks better than Creative version of EMU.
and some review also conclude that EMU from EMU is better than EMU from creative.. WTF i am talking..

Thread starter, put me in the list
i have TWO acs295, and one ATP3

This post has been edited by PcWork: Dec 15 2006, 10:39 AM

hi all...may i ask...is all sound card can compatible with all type of speaker???...eg:AL only can use certain tpe of sd,edifier only can use certain type of sd...can sum1 explain??....thanx

no. normally sound card will use standard 3.5mm mini stereo plug, which is sort of Universal for all headphone / earphone.
though some headphone might come with big stereo plug (1/4" Stereo)
but they will comes with adapter so that u can plug it into3.5mm
some special soudcard like ESI / EMU0404 uses some different plugs, ESI using standard RCA line out, and emu0404 has it own custom breakout which built from D9 (serial port) plug.

but nothings else to worry, u can buy speaker, then change the cable.
for good example, i had sold some EMU0404 D9 breakout, and some Stereo-Rca plug for people use with AEGO M (which takes RCA) and stereo-stereo (standard speaker-sound card) and some RCA-RCA (ESI to Aego M).

hope this help.
normally we see RCA out, Stereo out, and on EMU0404 is D9 out, EMU1212 is phono plug (Big Mono plugs)
however, except EMU, RCA and stereo out is very common (perhaps 98% in the market, and can be changes through cable easily, and widely available.)
while EMU0404 and EMU1212 is a bit rare, but still common plugs we can find and do it ourself incase the plugs is damage/ missing.
so
Teorically, all sound card can support ALL speaker
except u can't put a 7.1 speaker into a 5.1 soundcard.
or EMU0404 (stereo, 2.0/2.1) into edifier R501 MKII (5.1) else u will only get two channel sound.

but if 5.1 sd use for 2.1 speaker no prob rite/??...better to buy7.1 sound card terus for future use???or if 2.1 sound card give more/optimum performance for 2.1 speaker?

no problems.
but it's not how many channel u should put in first place. normally people will buy soundcard according to it's sound quality.
and the spec. because most of sound card in market is mostly 5.1 already.

if you use 5.1 soundcard for 2.1 speakers, you won't get to hear surround sound as "front left/right and rear left/right" channels will be produced by your 2 satellites only. You'll have a clearer picture if you imagine yourself using a pair of headphones - you can hear surround sound delivered from the left and right driver, but not front and rear channels.

i'm not sure whether 5.1/7.1 soundcards perform well with 2.1 speakers, and i don't know is there any good surround soundcards around. Perhaps i would say if you plan to upgrade to surround sound in future time, getting a multi-channel soundcard will be a better choice for you. But for most of us here, stereo cards suit us the best. ESI JULI@, EMU0404, EMU1212m, AV710...

okay...thanx..

perhaps u can get philips pc805.
it perform pretty well and it's a multichannel soundcard (5.1)

i will be very appreciate if u want to pay me extra or same amount as midi specialist.. =P


This post has been edited by PcWork: Dec 15 2006, 03:24 PM

lolz you'll never stop persuading me to get a cable from you!