What sort of soundcard do you guys have? What cheap/reliable

>>68661449
External devices are better because there is less electrical noise.

USB or Toslink works fine.

>2016
>soundcard

Schiit Modi

>inb4 extreme poorfags pretending their unshielded, noisy as fuck Realtek onboard cards "sound the same" as a dedicated DAC/External

>>68661449
>What sort of soundcard do you guys have?
e-mu 0404
>What cheap/reliable soundcards can you guys recommend?
something similar (though not sure about it being cheap nowadays)

>>68661449
Go to /g/ and have them laugh at you.

We can't be bothered.

>>68661476
same here nigga

vali on top

>>68661489
"we"

Take your hivemind nonsense to reddit, friend

soundcards are a waste of a pci slot and

get an external dac

>>68661469
>External devices are better because there is less electrical noise.
>USB or Toslink works fine.
What kind of dumb meme is this?

>>68661824
any recommendations?
preferably under 200

>>68661862
Toslink and USB are digital.

>>68661918
schiit products are good from what I understand

schiit.com/products

>>68661918

UCA202, $30 and literally as good as 99% of more expensive DACs out there

>>68661946
Yeah, so what? How does that mean an audio card causes more "electrical noise"?

>>68662003

an internal sound card shares the same board as the rest of your computer. Unless your motherboard is higher end and offers some isolation on the DAC circuit, chances are it will have a lot more noise than an external DAC

>>68662003

>>68662036
plus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noise_(electronics)

"In communication systems, noise is an error or undesired random disturbance of a useful information signal. The noise is a summation of unwanted or disturbing energy from natural and sometimes man-made sources."