PCI MAX 2005 Vs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 12:08 am

Does anyone know of any issues with PCI MAX 2005 and the "Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS" ?

Since I installed the new sound card, there is a loud hiss in stereo transmission. It worked perfectly before when using the computers (Compaq Evo D500) own built in card.

plese help

thank you
Tony

Post by **pcs** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 12:48 pm

Use the old sound card

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 1:08 pm

Kinda defeats the purpose of buying a quality sound card.

Post by **pcs** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 1:49 pm

It may not be as much of a quality as you think, looks like
it has some "artifacts", signals above hearing range that
weren't filtered out.

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 2:00 pm

how come the hiss is not heard from the computers speakers ?

Post by **pcs** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 2:09 pm

This "hiss" is originally above your hearing range. In stereo encoder
it mixes with other signals, probably 19KHz, and you can hear
the difference as a hiss.

Normally it isn't a problem since you can't hear above ~ 15-20KHz.

A low pass filter would probably help with this.