Mikef208:
about what is wrong with the acoustic edge
this is all under windows 2000 with old and new drivers; i am told that the situation is far better in windows 98
1) Stability: My computer will crash with a blue screen very often, usually when starting an app that uses direct sound; sometimes when i open the philips control panel while winamp is playing an mp3 it will crash
2) Sound quality: Whenever I play an mp3 there will be random pops in the sound; the 5.1 qmss expansion is really cool but it doesn't overcome pops in the sound... I tried transferring a 200mb file over my network while playing an mp3 and the whole thing sounded like it was converted to a machine-gunny effect- it was ridiculous!
2a) Sounds don't sound as "full" as on the sblive
so there you have it
you can see more details in this thread on 3dsoundsurge:
http://www.3dsoundsurge.com/ubb/Forum18/HTML/000020.html
Would anybody who uses win98 like to buy a slightly used 1-week old acoustic edge ???
(or someone brave who uses win2k...)
Conroy
about what is wrong with the acoustic edge
this is all under windows 2000 with old and new drivers; i am told that the situation is far better in windows 98
1) Stability: My computer will crash with a blue screen very often, usually when starting an app that uses direct sound; sometimes when i open the philips control panel while winamp is playing an mp3 it will crash
2) Sound quality: Whenever I play an mp3 there will be random pops in the sound; the 5.1 qmss expansion is really cool but it doesn't overcome pops in the sound... I tried transferring a 200mb file over my network while playing an mp3 and the whole thing sounded like it was converted to a machine-gunny effect- it was ridiculous!
2a) Sounds don't sound as "full" as on the sblive
so there you have it
you can see more details in this thread on 3dsoundsurge:
http://www.3dsoundsurge.com/ubb/Forum18/HTML/000020.html
Would anybody who uses win98 like to buy a slightly used 1-week old acoustic edge ???
(or someone brave who uses win2k...)
Conroy