Re: Pro Audio Spec.16 or SB16?

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From: szge... The Gersh
Date: Sun, 16 May 1993 06:29

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In article <97...@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt5...@prism.gatech.EDU (Jim Jackson, SysOp, FutureLink BBS, 404-474-9344) writes:
>Que Alexander (h910...@hkuxa.hku.hk) wrote:
>: 	I'm considering to buy a SB16ASP or Pro Audio Spectrum 16. Could you
>: please tell me which one is better? I know that SB16ASP is compatible with
>: MPU-401. Is Pro Audio 16 also compatible with MPU-401? I heard that SB are
>: quite noisy while Pro Audio is better, is it true?
>
>I have no idea concerning MPU-401 compatibility, and from what I've heard
>on computers running both cards neither one sounds any more "noisy" than
>the other.
>
>However, if I were you, I would get the PAS-16.  Two reasons:
>1) It can do 44kHz STEREO, the SB-pro can do 22 stereo or 44 mono.
>2) It has a 16-bit SCSI host adapter on it, which right there is an added
>$150 or so value... you can hook up a cd-rom, scsi HD, etc...
>

Wait a sec... he was talking about SB16!  Not the SBPRO...
The SB16 CAN do 44kHz stereo.
I think, though, that it still has the weird proprietary cd-rom port
that only works with certain cd-roms only (not a true scsi port).
Also, the SB16 is a bit more expensive than the PA16.

Read Gamebytes (#9?) for a full review of these cards.

Steven

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