Sound Card Recommendations for Linux

[James McDonald]

F15 sigh

On 18/08/2011 1:48 AM, "Lonni J Friedman" <netllama at gmail.com> wrote:
> I can't offer any sound card reqs, as I'm using what comes onboard in
> all of my systems. However, I think I was experiencing the same
> problem as you on a Macbook Pro. Whenever I was attempting to do
> anything with Flash, the audio was horrible. Stuttering, feedback,
> horrible noise. Then I upgraded from Fedora14 to Fedora15, and the
> problem went away. You didn't say which distro you're running.
>
> On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 6:44 AM, James McDonald
> <james at jamesmcdonald.id.au> wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I recently bought a new PC with embedded sound that was recognized as a
Realtek ALC887-VD and installs a snd-hda-intel ALSA module. The
snd-hda-intel module has some quirks.
>>
>> I have Googled till I'm cross eyed but haven't yet discovered the magical
mix to get it to work crackle and feedback free. Especially since I want to
be able to Skype and use gtk-recordmydesktop with sound input.
>>
>> I'm thinking that maybe one day some one will get it right but it's
probably a few kernel upgrades/dist releases away.
>>
>> Until then I would like your idea's on what sound cards are working in
your own setups. With the idea of maybe installing one on my box.
>>
>> I have the following slots. With a graphics card taking up the PCIe 2.0 x
16 slot.
>>
>> Expansion Slots 1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (blue)
>> 1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (x4 mode, black)
>> 1 x PCIe 2.0 x1
>> 1 x PCI
>> So suggestions please.
>>
>> Of course I will be able to investigate and figure this out myself using
the interwebs. But I had a hankering for a nostalgia post as much as to ask
this question.
>>
>> PS. Hope you are all well.
>
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