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Onboard sound hardware is pathetic

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v0id

Discussion Starter · Jan 6, 2007

I'm using an Asus P5GDC-V motherboard with CMI9880 integrated sound. Music (specifically trance, house and progressive) sounds pretty bad through headphones connected directly to the back port but half-decent through external speakers. The problem with headphone sound is the noticeable lack of bass and way too much treble. I've adjusted my equalizer settings to compensate but it's still pretty bad. Low-frequency distortion is also quite apparent.

Is this a problem afflicting integrated audio hardware in general (i.e. do I need to shell out a few $$$ for a dedicated card?), or are my settings awry?

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winbob

· #3 · Jan 6, 2007

Jedi_Master said:
Howdy v0id...

Don't really know where to start with this, but a lot of sound cards ( the CMI9880 which is a C-Media card/chip ) will use the MIC, Line In as outputs for sound...

While I can't comment on the particular 'card' that you have referenced, I'm having trouble understanding how you can get OUTPUT from INPUT sources?

No output voltages should appear at these sockets.

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winbob

· #10 · Jan 6, 2007

Jedi,
Thanks for the clarification. I only use 2.1 sound on my desktop....never tried to switch to 5.1, probably never will.

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