What's better Soundblaster or CMI 9739A

enhinaz · 03-18-2007, 04:31 PM

I just bought a desktop that comes with CMI 9739A 6 Channel CODEC. My old pc has a sound card, a SoundBlaster Live 24-bit.

Should I leave the PC alone or install the Soundblaster card?

Thanks.

abenak07 · 03-18-2007, 05:19 PM

heres an idea. hook up our speakers to the computer without the soundbaster in it. listen to some music then hook up the soundblaster and listen to some more music then decide and if you cant tell a diffrence then just go with the onboard. or leave the soundblaster in lol totally up to you

**The_Other_One** · 03-18-2007, 07:46 PM

I feel pretty safe saying the SoundBlaster Life will be better

My 1.4GHz Athlon had a SoundBlaster Live in it, and I still sometimes wish I'd kept the card... None of my recent computers have even come close to the quality that card had. However, once you get used to the lower quality sound of onboard audio, it's not too bad...

Styrak · 03-23-2007, 05:29 PM

An external card will always be better than onboard audio. Onboard audio sometimes (almost all of the time actually) is affected by electrical noise on the motherboard.

03-18-2007, 04:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
enhinaz New Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1	What's better Soundblaster or CMI 9739A I just bought a desktop that comes with CMI 9739A 6 Channel CODEC. My old pc has a sound card, a SoundBlaster Live 24-bit. Should I leave the PC alone or install the Soundblaster card? Thanks.

03-18-2007, 07:46 PM	#3 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,368	I feel pretty safe saying the SoundBlaster Life will be better My 1.4GHz Athlon had a SoundBlaster Live in it, and I still sometimes wish I'd kept the card... None of my recent computers have even come close to the quality that card had. However, once you get used to the lower quality sound of onboard audio, it's not too bad... __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100

03-23-2007, 05:29 PM	#4 (permalink)
Styrak Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 517	An external card will always be better than onboard audio. Onboard audio sometimes (almost all of the time actually) is affected by electrical noise on the motherboard. __________________ Athlon X2 4200+ S939 1GB RAM Radeon X1950 XT 256MB 1x160GB HD 1x320GB HD Antec TPII 550W PSU 20" WS BenQ LCD WinXP

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03-18-2007, 05:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
abenak07 Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 60	heres an idea. hook up our speakers to the computer without the soundbaster in it. listen to some music then hook up the soundblaster and listen to some more music then decide and if you cant tell a diffrence then just go with the onboard. or leave the soundblaster in lol totally up to you