Subject: Re: CD player From: "Ward R. Drennan" <drennan@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:37:11 -0800 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>I love my EMU external mini DAC. On Wed, 27 Jan 2010, Neil Waterman wrote: > If you go this route, note that the general run-of-the-mill soundcard that > comes as part of a PC-bundle or laptop is not a very high-quality piece of > kit. In my experience, if you need good quality sound from a PC (no matter > the brand or size/shape) you will need to either upgrade the internal > soundcard or use an external soundcard as your audio source. There are some > nice USB-soundcards that provide very clean audio for around the $100-mark. > > If your source is going to be CD I'd probably steer clear of the $40 models - > again you'd probably get the best bang for the buck from a PC with an > external USB-soundcard. > > - Neil > > On Jan 27, 2010, at 9:02 AM, Bob Masta wrote: > >> On 27 Jan 2010 at 7:49, Monita Chatterjee wrote: >> >>> Dear List, >>> >>> We have a need for a CD player to play audio files (6 >>> kHz BW) for an OAE experiment. Is there a particular >>> kind of player I should look for? how would a $40 home >>> CD player, for instance, compare with fancy stuff you >>> can get for hundreds of $$? Stimuli will be steady-state >>> and modulated, simple noise and more complex.. >> >> Cheap players may have more mains hum, in my experience, >> but it's hard to make a general rule based on selling >> price. >> >> If you are controlling the experiment with a computer, you >> may find it a lot simpler to generate stimuli with the >> sound card. You can use my Daqarta for Windows software >> (free for signal generation uses) to generate signals in >> real-time. It can produce a broad range of waveforms >> (inlcuding arbitrary ones you define) and modulation types, >> and you can create extremely complex signals by using >> signals as modulators for other signals. >> >> Let me know if you want advice about applying Daqarta to >> your particular needs. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Bob Masta >> >> D A Q A R T A >> Data AcQuisition And Real-Time Analysis >> www.daqarta.com >> Scope, Spectrum, Spectrogram, Signal Generator >> Science with your sound card! > Ward R. Drennan, Ph. D. VM Bloedel Hearing Research Center Department of Otolaryngology University of Washington Box 357923 Seattle, WA 98195 Office: (206) 897-1848 Fax: (206) 616-1828