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- From: cs902125@ariel.yorku.ca (SHUK C YIP)
- Subject: Re: Sound Blaster Pro
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.014434.8993@newshub.ariel.yorku.ca>
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- Organization: York University, Toronto, Canada
- References: <972.2B4FDACA@afitamy.fidonet.org>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 01:44:34 GMT
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- In article <972.2B4FDACA@afitamy.fidonet.org> Jason.Honingford@afitamy.fidonet.org (Jason Honingford) writes:
- >I was checking out some IBM computers the other day and saw this nice $3000
- >set-up with this multi-media package which included a CD-ROM, windows, and
- >Sound Blaster Pro... this thing looked and sounded better than the Amiga. I
- >didn't know IBM did that stuff. This makes me wanna sell my Amiga and get
- >compatible with the rest of the world...
- >
- >I couldn't stay around to ask many questions, plus the guy was pissing me off
- >telling me how much better his machine was. Does anyone know the specifics on
- >the Sound Blaster Pro? It sounded just like a 16 bit sound board on the Amiga,
- >but for $170 (I think). So what's the deal? Seems like I'd have to buy
- >thousands of dollars worth of hard ware to compare to this machine's graphics,
- >speed, and sound! I thought it was the other way around.
- >
-
- 1. I've Sound Blaster Pro. Although it is 16 bit, the sound quality seems
- to be same as Amiga. (maybe because no musician wants to push it to
- limit)
- 2. The Sound Card for Amiga is expensive because it comes with DSP. The
- DSP alone will cost you $500.
- 3. Because there is no DSP, you can't get perfect quality of 16 bit
- sample. And you can't multi-task under recording.
-