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| Hello All! I am looking into purchasing an external sound card for my Dell Laptop. I want to make sure that the equalizer will show up and be compatible with Vista. Can anyone vouch for a particular type? I have the capability to use the Sound Blaster X-Fi express card or I could choose the Sound Blaster Live. Turtle Beach doesn't seem to be compatible with Vista. Can someone please help out so I don't end up spending money on something that will be of no use to me. I should mention that the reason I am looking into this is because I have a SigmaTel card now and I can't here most of the little words occurring in my transcriptions. Sigma Tel has no equalizer. Thank you all!!
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| Hello - I installed the SoundBlaster Live external sound card onto my computer with Vista and it works great. I am able to adjust the equalizer settings very easily and so far, I'm very happy with it. I am not using it on a laptop, but I'm assuming it would work just the same. I'm waiting to get a test back right now and hoping the sound card made a difference with all of those little words I was missing before. Good luck! Lanie
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| Thanks Lanie, that's good to hear. I will give it a try. Did you order yours online? Best of luck on your test results! Keep me posted. Lorrie
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Hi Lorrie,
I have a Dell laptop with XP and the SigmaTel card. I use the Sound Blaster Live external sound card, and it works great! There is a definite difference in sound quality. I bought mine at Office Depot.
Hope that helps.
Carrie
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| Excellent Carrie! It seems like that is the way to go since it is under $50. I don't have XP so I didn't know if the equalizer would show up if the software wasn't compatible. Glad to know it helped you out. Did you notice an improvement in discerning the little words? Lorrie
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| Lorrie - Well, I just got my test back and I must say that I am very pleased. I only had a few missed little words on this one versus over a dozen on my last test. I really do think it's attributable to the new sound card, especially since the doctor on this test mumbled and stumbled quite a bit. I purchased mine at Circuit City for around $50 and it's well worth it. My next big purchase is going to be quality headphones. Lanie
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| Congratulations Lanie! Glad it helped. I found a Sound Blaster PCI Express Card at Office Depot for under $50.00!! I need to go order that now! Thanks for the advice!
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Well I received the wrong sound card in the mail last week so I am still taking any suggestions on external soundcards for laptops. I was hoping to get an express card sound card and received a regular sound card. Anyone have an express card sound card for their dell? They look pretty cool and compact but $80.00 might be a bit much if the quality of sound doesn't change a whole lot.
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