A7V333 onboard audio better than Santa Cruz?

[Rebel7254]

I just had a Santa Cruz put on my computer. But a tech at my dad's office (where my computer was built and where all the hardware/repairs take place) said that the onboard audio of my mobo is better than the Santa Cruz. This guy is crazy, right?

 

[human2k]

You should ask that guy what kinda crack he is smoking becuz he is not sharing with yoU!

 

[paralazarguer]

Your motherboard has AC]97 audio. On my MSI something or other -RU it has a DC offset of over 50dB. That's HORRIBLE. For an explanation of why the integrated sound in that board is so horrible read this article which I wrote. It lists ac'97 specifically.
Also, see this thread.

 

[Oreo]

He must have been thinking of the nForce or he was just confused.

 

[Rebel7254]

Ok, that's what I figured.

I have a problem with it though. One of the reasons I got a new sound card is so I could use my mic and record with it. The onboard one didn't work at all. On the new one, I can hear it in both speakers when I talk into it and as I'm recording, but when I play back the recording, it only comes through the left speaker. What can I do to fix that?

 

[Toothpick]

To answer your question....NEGATIVE !!!

I have the MSI KT3 Ultra-URA and at first I used the onboard sound to see how it was, well, the Turtle Beach SC is back in my computer
because the sounds that come out of that card are superb

No onboard sound can touch it .....yet

 

[NesuD]

Santa Cruz is most definately better

 

[Rebel7254]

Alright, but what about the mic problem I'm having? Any clues?

 

[paralazarguer]

See how many plastic bands you have on the connector of the microphone. Go into your audio properties. Instead of playback choose recording. Now put the volume at 3/4 and make sure that it's balanced evenly and not all the way over to the left. Make sure you're looking at the recording properties and not playback.

 

[Rebel7254]

If you're talking about the bands that go around the jack part on the end of the mic, it just has one. Everything in my audio properties, both playback and recording, is exactly in the middle.

 

[Rebel7254]

Also, it only does that when the recording device is set to microphone. I can set it to "stereo mixer", and the sound quality of my voice diminishes a bit, but it plays in both speakers. When I have it set to microphone, my voice is crystal clear but it only comes out of the left speaker, and I can't record my voice on top of my voice like I can with it set the other way. :-( I've been using sound recorder to record my voice and then I save the file, and play it again while I record my voice over it again. I think it's neat, but then again I'm just a bored guy with no life. Anyway, I can't do that with it enabled to microphone, I guess because when it's set to that option it only records what comes out of the mic. Anyhoo.......

Cool, I just noticed I have over 100 posts.

 

[Gibzilla]

I think he(the techguy at your dad's office) basically saying, he doesn't get paid enough to fix boss' son's computer.

 

[Soulkeeper]

hahaha Gibzilla is prob that guy
dunnn dunnn dunn....

 

[Rebel7254]

That does sound a lil' fishy Gibz.....I never mentioned my dad was the boss. Maybe you are the guy. Anyway, if it is you, stop whining......you can always quit and go somewhere else if you don't like it. How hard is it to install a damn sound card? Give me a break. I'd do it myself, but Dad doesn't want me to.

Any ideas about the mic thing?

 

[RanDum72]

The Asus A7V333 has a C-media 8738 chipset for its sound. Its much better than just plain ol' AC97 and its the same chipset found in some budget sound cards like the Hercules Muse. While actually being pretty decent and supports a lot of features (like 6-channel sound) , its not better than the Santa Cruz.

 

[paralazarguer]

The 8738 chipset has a hardware codec built in which means that there aren't seperate DAC and ADC so the audio quality is not very good. Read my article here for more info on this.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: 7757524
The 8738 chipset has a hardware codec built in which means that there aren't seperate DAC and ADC so the audio quality is not very good. Read my article here for more info on this.

really pushing your article, eh? i'll take a read.

 

[ElFenix]

wow, that was a good read! have one on the tbsc?

 

[Fulcrum]

The chips many motherboards use (like the Cmedia) have good specs, but the problem is the motherboards don't use the quality components (that the TB SC does use) to go with the chip. As a result, the sound quality suffers compared to a PCI/external sound card like the TB SC or Audigy. Integrated audio looks great on paper (and in MB ads) but in actual use it's a little different story. That guy just didn't want to be bothered with installing your sound card.