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I love your product and will send money. My music sounds so much better, thank you. Breakaway does not however solve my main problem (and is probably not designed to) but I am hoping someone can help. I am using Winamp on Windows 2000, and have a cable running from the headphone socket on my pc to the input on my decent-ish stereo. The sound is very bass heavy, and the bass control needs to be turned down completely to sound close to how it does from the CD player on the stereo. Even when I do this though, it still just doesn’t sound good, although Breakaway helps enormously. Am I doing something wrong or shall I get my ears cleaned?there might be bass "enhancements" happening in your soundcard’s control panel. i suggest trying to go into that, and see if you can disable all "enhancements" and EQs in your soundcard, and of course in Winamp too.
what soundcard are you using? also, i assume you’re not running the audio into a phono input. 😛 but just thought i’d throw that one out there too.
It sounds like there may be some sort of "mismatch" with the output of the soundcard and the input of your stereo system.
Does your stereo system support digital input?
Does your soundcard support digital output? (Most do, even motherboards)If this is true, your best bet is to go all digital into the stereo system. This way you know it’s true to the source material.
Nick Roberts
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Claesson Edwards
Breakaway for WindowsThank you JesseG, It seems my soundcard it incorporated into the Asus motherboard. The book says ADI AD1888 Soundmax 6 channel audio codec.
There doesn’t seem to be much I can disable on it, I am guessing its fairly basic. I am running the audio into the video input on the amp.Hi Liam!
If you have an iPod, Walkman CD player, or similar – try connecting that to the Video input as a test, and see what it sounds like. (Make sure to turn bass boost off on the portable player). This way, we can rule out any problems with the stereo or the input.
If the input is OK, it might just be worth getting a different sound card. If the output of your motherboard is bad enough to be obvious, it’s probably not worth spending time messing with it, since even a $30 sound card would be a big improvement.
///Leif
Hi Nick,
The inputs on the amp (video, CD, Tape are grouped separately from the phono input. I guess that means its digital?
As I said to JesseG." It seems my soundcard it incorporated into the Asus motherboard. The book says ADI AD1888 Soundmax 6 channel audio codec."
This would have do be digital wouldn’t it?.Liam, all the jacks you mentioned are analog. The standard Red/White jacks are analog, and so is the standard 1/8 inch jack on your computer – even if there happens to be a digital chip generating the sound, the digital signals get converted to standard analog before they get out of the computer.
If there’s a digital input (or output) it’ll be labeled as such – it might say "Digital", "Coax" or "S/PDIF" or any combination of those.
///Leif
Hi Leif, I have tried a mp3 player as suggested and the sound is good. My amp doesn’t seem to support digital input (its a mid 90s Dual brand) so I guess the way to go is a good soundcard. Any suggestions?
Cheers, Liam.Hi Liam!
Thank you very much for your support (that is, buying BA)!
Regarding sound card:
How much are you willing to spend? 🙂The cheapest card I know that is semi-professional is M-Audio Audiophile 2496. Nice card, Analog RCA outputs (standard red/white jacks) as opposed to 1/8 jacks. It can be had for just under $100 USD.
If that’s way out of range, Sound Blaster Audigy 2 should also do the trick just fine. It’s under $30 USD (looking at Yahoo Shopping US) and should be widely available in most every country.
For the Sound Blaster, you must remember to turn of the CMSS effect (it’s on by default when you first install it) in the control panel – it’s a lame stereo "3d" effect and completely ruins the sound, but once it’s off, this card performs great.
///Leif
Thanks for the help guys, I appreciate it.
Cheers, Liam.
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