External Sound Card
 

Hi guys, I'm using Hoster on a HP lap top and I'm coming out of my head phone jack & into my mixer for sound, which actually sounds very good. Was thinking about going to an external sound card, only if the will be a premium difference in sound quality. I don't need 5.1 or 7.1 dolby surround sound, only basic great sounding stereo. I was leaning towards the Sound Blaster MP3+, but being the unit is so cheap, I'm not sure the sound would be any better than my HP's built in sound card. Any one using that or have any better suggestions on what to purchase? Appreciate any input.

I have tryed both. I don't think you can tell any differance between them.

Appreciate your honesty. If anyone knows of a high quality external sound card, with RCA outputs, please let me know. Again, I don't need 5.1 or 7.1 dolby surround sound or a unit geared towards headphone or PC computer speakers. I'm playing on a bass thumping 10,000 watt mobile pa system and just want the best sound possible.

in my opinion you be better off just using your internal sound card, i had an external soundcard a soundblaster extagy nothing but problems..humming and buzzing..i even bought a hum/hizz eleminator it helped a bit..don't used it anymore..i now just used the headphone out to my mixing board..1/8 to rca cable..no humming and buzzing..

Well, if you are one of these high-powered DJ's who need 10.000 watts and a clear strong sound, there is a USB sound card called a maya-44 and a ubdj46. Might be a lil off on the exact names. But they are for the pro's and cost about 200 bucks. You will like 'em.

I think it's all in the speakers and the mixer. I have 2 systems. One has a 2,000 watt and one is a 300 watt amp. I can't tell much of a sound differance between the two. I am running the same kind of speakers and mixer on both systems.

USB Sound Cards
 

You may want to give these some consideration. I use the amigo and the micro, improves the sound output of laptop or desktop and not expensive.

Check out the produts at this site:

http://www.turtlebeach.com/site/products/Soundcards.asp

Mike

i'm not sure if that was the problem..i have 3 mackie mixing boards cfx 12 dfx 12 and dfx 6 and a mackie powered speakers and i used to use my external soundcard (a soundlblaster extagy )..on all of them still had the same problem, humming and hizzing..when i unhooked the ext. soundcard and used the headphone out directly to my board the hizzing and humming disappeared..

External Sound card
 

http://www.thomann.de/gb/esi_u46_dj.htm

I must admit for around £65 you can't beat the ESI46DJ. Simple to use and even easier to install. I've used one for around 18 months now and the quality of sound is a great improvement to my Dell internal card.:)