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KILLAMAN! Sometimes I get annoyed with how similar we are =\ I had a similar experience. Although, going into it I didn't really like being in clans at that point but I was honored that he asked. I don't believe I had a close experience as you did but similar still.

Here is my spill. I would honestly say to kill the damn thing. When it pissed on your shit the first time you should have beat the ever loving hell out of it. The second time would have been the kill. Either "accidentally" run it over, kill it, or stuff it into the mailbox of someone you despise and super glue the box closed, shake it around, alot, hit it a couple of times, shake it some more, possibly fart in or around the box's vicinity, and leave. Make sure you shake thoroughly tho. You want it pissed on a new level. That would be a funny yet convenient way to dispose of it. So why you are watching eating an ice cream, the guy gets clawed, you drive away laughing, and you tell your mom you last saw it on the porch. If it comes back after that, kill it.   

I'll be honest. I'm surprised it still has sense enough to walk after all the times I've slapped, chased, and whacked it with a broomhandle. It ends in just a couple days...

Never had one. I don't see the point.

It doesn't matter if you just send 48khz or 96khz. But for 44.1, a clock is generated through a PLL which, I don't know enough to be sure about this, may or may not add in noticeable amounts of jitter. I believe it shows up as a SPDIF interface device which I should be able to disallow 44.1khz and just "ok" 48khz and 96khz in Windows. It seems like everybody speculated about the jitter on 44.1khz but as I recall, nobody really said they heard a difference.

Anyway, I'm working a deal with the seller. After BCB, this unit may only cost $69 which looks REALLY good There's also an upgraded one with better parts but if it's outside my price-range, I'll pass. I think I'm set on the Teralink and I'll post impressions and pictures when I get it. This is a unit that is great for starting out. IMO, it's best to have a transport, DAC and amp all separate so you can upgrade each one individually

It's a crapshoot though. You won't ever know what it was unless you see it and then you could be arrested too. I guess you could just believe Crunk's word about the content he viewed but that reply might be a little biased.

Quote from: -Lc.Sniper.! on Monday, July 12, 2010, 22:58:08 PM

Quote from: (sic)

i don't give a fuck if it IS true, he's my friend and i'll stick by him.

Wow, just wow.

Agree with him *shrug*

Sic or Sniper? If it's Sic, I would think higher of you AJ.

Long story short, I had the muting transistors removed on my X-Fi sound card. These buggers mute the sound for various reasons. Since having them muted, my sound card emits "pops" when starting/stopping an audio stream (really bad with movie playback) so bad it's to the point that I'm afraid it might damage my speakers or headphones. So, I'm selling it and need a replacement.

Realizing that EAX and hardware rendering is pretty much pointless these days since newer games use more software-based audio rendering in engines, I figure a more professional unit would be a better way to go. For the last few days, I've been looking at USB sound cards, these are called transports to people that are serious about audio. They only output a digital signal that you have to use with an external DAC and amp. Of course, just like any other product, there's more expensive units with better specs and features. The way I see it, I've got a few choices:

 - M2Tech HiFace - $150
 - Teradak Teralink X2 - $78ish
 - Another X-Fi. This time the Titanium which uses PCI-E (futureproof for when PCI is gone) but this card uses optical which typically has high jitter. Money is wasted on embedded amp and hardware acceleration features. This unit would cost $66.
 - or an unknown mystery product called USBFace which may or may not be coming out and is a competitor to the HiFace. I'm leary about this unit because if it's meant to be better than the HiFace, it has to use better parts and thus will cost more and $150 is already pushing it.

The HiFace and Teralink X2 do what I want. I've researched and come up with a pro/con list:
Hiface
Pro                             |Con
192kHz                           USB powered
Small                            Not compatible with USB Isolator
Better Quality?                  $150 starting price
2 clocks for better jitter       Proprietary drivers
                                 Random recent BSOD's with W7 X64


Teralink
Pro                             |Con
Works with USB Isolator          Optical SPDIF reported to be flaky at high rates
Can be powered externally        1 12mHz clock, not native to 44.1khz (Uses PLL to generate clock that adds jitter)
$80 starting
Flexible, open drivers
8% back on eBay purchase
I'll explain a few things in the list. The USB Isolator isolates the connected device so it doesn't have any connection with the power of the computer. Computer power is terrible for audio and in a lot of cases (like mine) can introduce noise through the USB signal. Powering the unit externally yields better performance (think laptop vs desktop in basic terms). Jitter is basically packet loss in USB which is obviously bad.

I'm so leaning towards the Teralink X2 but I really don't want to regret it. Right now, I can afford the Teralink X2 but not the HiFace. Part of me says, the people that notice a difference between the two devices have setups 2-3x more expensive than mine and that even a crappy model would be an upgrade from a X-Fi. Am I beating myself up for nothing or is there a legitimate reason to go with something higher.

all cos u didnt have the balls to kill it

If it was mine, I would have personally done that a long time ago. But it's moms and it costs money to have a vet kill it. Blah blah blah. I think the biggest issue here is that the cat still has his nuts. They say something like 90% of neutered cats calm down. I don't want to spend the $60+ just to see if he's one of those 90% cats. If someone else wants to and I can get rid of him for free, great! We'll see what happens on Friday though...