I had an I/O failure, so I upgraded the Core ( CPU,MoBo,Ram). The old but still fantastic sound card will no longer work with the new equipment due to interface, so I bought an ASUS Xonar. I get clipping and garbled noises. In looking at replacements I'm faced with no good choices in PCI Express interface, thus I have started looking at External solutions. I'm having trouble telling if an internet ready stereo receiver like the Onkyo TX-NR626 or Yamaha RX-V777BT will take all sounds from the computer. I have also looked at Sonos but it wasn't clear from the support response if it will out put all sounds. I am running Windows 7 64bit Pro, on an Asus Sabertooth Z77.
Update: When I hooked my Vinyl Record player to the line IN of the motherboard audio chipset, the resultant was flat. I also had intermittent garbled noises. I chased drivers and software to no avail. The pre-amp built into the turntable checks out good. A friend has one of those USB Vinyl players so I shipped them off; but, her converter only makes MP3 thus all the fidelity is gone.
I checked to insure I have the card in a PCI-E slot. The slot is the x1, Northbound of the first x16 slot. Omega HTC at one time made a PCI-E sound card, but, it no longer appears to be for sale anywhere reputable. I have thought about other sound cards and was left with more questions than answers.
Update: When I hooked my Vinyl Record player to the line IN of the motherboard audio chipset, the resultant was flat. I also had intermittent garbled noises. I chased drivers and software to no avail. The pre-amp built into the turntable checks out good. A friend has one of those USB Vinyl players so I shipped them off; but, her converter only makes MP3 thus all the fidelity is gone.
I checked to insure I have the card in a PCI-E slot. The slot is the x1, Northbound of the first x16 slot. Omega HTC at one time made a PCI-E sound card, but, it no longer appears to be for sale anywhere reputable. I have thought about other sound cards and was left with more questions than answers.