Computer Hardware

The advantages of keeping a background in a computer are the simplicity of searching and streamlining, as well as the possibility of completing a collection of records via the Internet. If formats are used without compression, sound quality shall theoretically be obtained as on CD. But how do we make it real?

The use of the computer as a store of musical records is so convenient that even many conservative audio files are trying to build a stereo system based on the computer. The most typical mistake they have made in doing so is the desire to achieve a high quality of sound through the installation of as expensive and " inverted " sound maps.

In fact, additional functions that distinguish the most expensive models of internal sound maps are for computer games and home museums. To reproduce stereophone records, buying a more expensive internal audio card is unlikely to yield. Why? First, the charge inside the computer hull is subject to powerful impulse by other parts of the device, and it is impossible to completely eliminate it. Second, severe restrictions on computer fees prevent certain “audio-ofile” components, such as large-capacity capacitors. Now, we recall the important rule: in order to ensure the sound quality of the sound, the digital conversion must be performed outside the computer. It can be done in several ways.

External audio

Provides a separate device connected to a computer via the port of USB or FireWire. Often the same port receives food. A stereophonic force is connected to analogue audio extraction, the columns and the system are ready.

The simplest. External sound card - Creative SoundBlaster Connect. It's worth about 1,500 roubles, but it's yielding tangible benefits as a sound compared to internal maps, although it only has 16 battles. The map gets food on USB.

An external 24-bit sound map of M-Audio Audiophile USB, which is worth 5,200 rubles, is produced for advanced audio files. The dynamic range reaches 109 dB. Separate power unit.