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In article <1tisra$8...@sun.Panix.Com> biz...@panix.com (Bernard Chase) writes:
> I'm about to do the same thing.
> 
> But I've narrowed down my selection to two cards:
> SoundBlaster 16 ASP
> Gravis UltraSound Board
> 
> I guess what I really want to know is which one will/is the standard for
> true 16-bit sound.
> 
> Only draw back with the SB-16ASP is the proprietary SCSI/CD-ROM
> connection which only accepts Panasonic and some other CD-ROM.
> Not that I plan on getting a CD-ROM anytime soon I think I'd go with an
> NEC (they are the fastest)
> 

Well, if you want a NEC, you can't get the SB16.  Besides, it's sound isn't  
that great anyway.  <duck>  <run>

> I wrote off the Pro Audio Spectrum 16 because of its age...Maybe I'm
> wrong...Please correct me.

Okay, you're wrong.  ;)  The PAS16 is really good, and the age (?) is good to,  
because it is becoming another standard for sound support.

Also, read the PC magazine article from, I believe, March 93.  They review a  
bunch of sound cards, and PAS16 won editor choice.

Just something to think about.
 --Neuromancer
                    

In article <1tj5jf...@news.u.washington.edu>, neu...@u.washington.edu (Neuromancer) writes:
> In article <1tisra$8...@sun.Panix.Com> biz...@panix.com (Bernard Chase) writes:
> > I'm about to do the same thing.
> > 
> > But I've narrowed down my selection to two cards:
> > SoundBlaster 16 ASP
> > Gravis UltraSound Board
> > 
> > I guess what I really want to know is which one will/is the standard for
> > true 16-bit sound.
> > 
> > Only draw back with the SB-16ASP is the proprietary SCSI/CD-ROM
> > connection which only accepts Panasonic and some other CD-ROM.
> > Not that I plan on getting a CD-ROM anytime soon I think I'd go with an
> > NEC (they are the fastest)
> > 
> 
> Well, if you want a NEC, you can't get the SB16.  Besides, it's sound isn't  
> that great anyway.  <duck>  <run>
> 
> > I wrote off the Pro Audio Spectrum 16 because of its age...Maybe I'm
> > wrong...Please correct me.
> 
> Okay, you're wrong.  ;)  The PAS16 is really good, and the age (?) is good to,  
> because it is becoming another standard for sound support.
> 
> Also, read the PC magazine article from, I believe, March 93.  They review a  
> bunch of sound cards, and PAS16 won editor choice.

This 'soundcard review' was thought of as a joke industry-wide, simply because
the test was unfair.  By this I mean the cards were not tested the same way, and
there were a lot of opinions not facts in that review.  This review created a lot
of heated discussion on comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard sometime ago.

Just thought that we should believe everything you read.

David.