Cheap soundcard that can handle 120mA input recommendations wanted.

G'day. I am looking to get the cheapest soundcard that will allow me to do
HD recording on my PC. I seem to have blown the inputs on my onboard sound &
on a Yamaha Xwave PCI soundcard (no great loss, AUD $10), so I need
something that can handle higher inputs than these. Probably anything that
can handle120mA in the mic in socket would do. Any suggestions? Thanks.
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Blessings, Joe Krishna Mithiran
joe<-at->alphalink.com.au
joemithiran<-at->yahoo.co.uk
<http://www.alphalink.com.au/~joe>

Joe Mithiran <joe wrote:

> G'day. I am looking to get the cheapest soundcard that will allow me to do
> HD recording on my PC. I seem to have blown the inputs on my onboard sound &
> on a Yamaha Xwave PCI soundcard (no great loss, AUD $10), so I need
> something that can handle higher inputs than these. Probably anything that
> can handle120mA in the mic in socket would do. Any suggestions? Thanks.

120 mA? So if the input resistance is 10K, you want it to be able to
withstand 1200 volts without damage? That's a pretty tough spec.

Perhaps you mean 120 mV? Almost any card should be able to handle that.

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"Joe Mithiran alphalink.com.au>" <joe<-AT-> wrote in message
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> G'day. I am looking to get the cheapest soundcard that will allow me
> to do HD recording on my PC. I seem to have blown the inputs on my
> onboard sound & on a Yamaha Xwave PCI soundcard (no great loss, AUD
> $10), so I need something that can handle higher inputs than these.
> Probably anything that can handle120mA in the mic in socket would do.
> Any suggestions?

Parallel the input with a 10 ohm resistor.

Whups, I meant 120mV. I want to be able to plug in a Shure SM58 without
blowing the mic inputs, and to record from my guitar & bass amps's line outs
(a Marshall Valvestate VS65R & Bass State B30) & my 4 tracks headphone out
(Tascam Porta Ministudio 07) - but for that last one I can just keep the
headphone volume turned down low. If almost any soundcard can handle this I
take it I can get a bottom of the line SoundBlaster to do the job? Thanks.

Blessings, Joe Krishna Mithiran
joe<-at->alphalink.com.au
joemithiran<-at->yahoo.co.uk
<http://www.alphalink.com.au/~joe> last updated 27/2/04

"CJT" <> wrote in message
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> Joe Mithiran <joe wrote:
>
> > G'day. I am looking to get the cheapest soundcard that will allow me to
do
> > HD recording on my PC. I seem to have blown the inputs on my onboard
sound &
> > on a Yamaha Xwave PCI soundcard (no great loss, AUD $10), so I need
> > something that can handle higher inputs than these. Probably anything
that
> > can handle120mA in the mic in socket would do. Any suggestions? Thanks.
>
> 120 mA? So if the input resistance is 10K, you want it to be able to
> withstand 1200 volts without damage? That's a pretty tough spec.
>
> Perhaps you mean 120 mV? Almost any card should be able to handle that.
>
> --
> After being targeted with gigabytes of trash by the "SWEN" worm, I have
> concluded we must conceal our e-mail address. Our true address is the
> mirror image of what you see before the "@" symbol. It's a shame such
> steps are necessary. ...Charlie