meanest looking sound card evar! Onkyo enters the PC market

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 4:58 pm

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/akiba/ho ... onkyo.html

And before any of you start in about it being a Via chip. I'd take the Envy24-chip (Via) over any SoundBlaster or Turtle Beach offering for my HTPC.

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 6:42 pm

Looks like my next sound card!!

Have to wait for a PCI-express version though. SCTB still running like a tropper!

Instig8 · Post by **Instig8** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 7:38 pm

Man, I thought hi-tech stuff was supposed to be getting smaller.

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 8:17 pm

The large caps are becoming more common in board construction. They do more and have more power running through them.

What is the copper? Heat sync? Noise sheild?

Man.. anything other than Creative, please.

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 9:13 am

Nice Article!! Can someone tell me what this means?

　大型コンデンサが林立するオンキヨー初の7.1chサウンドカード「SE-150PCI」が発売された。実売価格は13,408円～14,800円（詳細は「今週見つけた新製品」参照のこと）。もちろんウリは「高音質」だ。
　カードを一瞥してわかる特徴は先述したようなコンデンサの群れ。音質向上のために非常に多くの電解コンデンサが林立している上、PC用ではまず見ない寸胴タイプの大型品も搭載されており「PCの拡張カード」というよりは「オーディオ機器の基板」といった風。オンキヨーによると「高級オーディオ機器に利用される超大型電解コンデンサも使用している」という。

　音質へのこだわりはその他の面にも及んでおり、グランド電位を強化するための銅バスプレート(厚み1.0mm/幅7mm)を採用しているほか、同社独自の音質向上技術「VLSC」も搭載している。搭載サウンドチップはVIAのEnvy24HT ...

Tricord · Post by **Tricord** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 10:39 am

If you know anything about audio electronics you know that you just can't have big enough elco's in the filter. Back in the day when I built my own amp, I was pushing 40.000uF to stabilize power supply

Plebeian · Post by **Plebeian** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 11:06 am

As if Engrish wasn't bad enough, here's the Babelfish translation for Ice. (オンキヨー = Onkiyou = Onkyo, but that's pretty apparent anyway.)

The オンキヨー first 7.1ch sound card "SE-150PCI" where the large-sized condenser stands close together was sold. As for actual sale price 13,408 Yen - 14,800 Yen (as for detailsthing "of the new productreference which this week is found "). Of course the gourd is "treble quality".

Glancing the card, as for the feature which is understood previously expressed, the crowd of the kind of condenser which is done. In addition to the fact that very many electrolytic condensers have stood close together for sound quality improvement, rather than with one for PC also the large-sized item of the sun/size torso type which is not seen first is loaded and calling "the extended card of PC", the wind such as "the baseplate of the audio equipment". According to オンキヨー "you use also the extra large size electrolytic condenser which is utilized in the high-class audio equipment", that you say.

The prejudice to the sound quality we have reached to also the other aspects, besides the fact that the copper bus plate in order to strengthen gland electric potential (thickness 1.0mm/ width 7mm) you adopt, it loads also the same company individual sound quality improvement technology "VLSC". The on-board sound tip/chip with Envy24HT of VIA, corresponds to 192KHz/24bit output and 7.1ch output etc.. Optical digital input/output/the analog 2ch output connector has been attached on the bracket, as for analog 7.1ch output and the analog input connector it is the structure which jointly uses the branch cable which belongs.

With spread of onboard sound, there is an impression where also popularity of the sound card considerably has become the decline, but in the treble quality product the latest way being an interest in the sound card and certain. If it is to feel dissatisfaction in the present sound quality also it probably will be good to try examining such product.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 1:29 pm

Mobius wrote:SCTB still running like a tropper!

And you ★■◆● about OUR spelling?

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Looks like it could be decent. Can't wait to see how well it performs. Holy ★■◆● @ the capacitors though. Last time I saw that many large capacitors on something was when I built my own AM radio.

(Didn't have the right value caps, so I ended up using a bunch in series.)

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 2:18 pm

Does it have a gameport ? ..

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 3:27 pm

"tropper" is a typo of "trooper".

"definatly" is a moronic spelling mistake.

Please try to understand the difference.

Thank for your participation!

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 3:57 pm

So Chris, if you tried to spell grouper as groper we would assume what?

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 3:57 pm

Nice card ! Will check it out if it ever is sold outside JP..

As for a good midi card, guess I'll have to find one of these.. Once I got the DB50XG on an early SB16 -- best sounding Descent soundtrack EVER

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 3:58 pm

Ice, if you have mozilla just open page, go to tools and click on "translate".