[ale] AC 97 Sound

[Dow Hurst]

I bought a motherboard with a the newer ALi chipset that includes an
unsupported sound chip under ALSA and OSS.  However, when the OSS guy,
Dev, worked on it remotely (that was fun!), he found that it would have
quite good sound from its capabilities.  He just needed to get the
latest specs from ALi to be able to accurately program it.  I think the
DSP quality is the key for a soundcard.  The new Audigy from
Soundblaster has 96KHz sampling instead of 44.1KHz since the higher
frequencies allow the frequencies we hear to be fuller and better
sounding.  The harmonics produced are probably much better reproduced. 
Of course, your speakers, the way you control the amplification, and the
acoustics in the room along with speaker placement have a great deal to
do with the final sound.
Dow


hirsch at zapmedia.com wrote:
> 
> Christopher Fowler writes:
>  > I am curious if anyone else with AC97 (onboard) sound believes it sucks?
>  > Maybe I'm paranoid.  My subwoofer and speakers (MidLand) do not sound as
>  > though I though they would.
> 
> My understanding is that AC97 is a standard interface to control the
> sound chip and has nothing to do with sound quality.  You can have a
> crappy sound chip with an AC97 "codec".  They call it a codec, but
> they just mean that the controls are AC97 standard.  You can also have
> a professional quality chip with an AC97 codec.
> 
> The sound quality depends entirely on the D-to-A converter.
> 
> --Michael
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