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The CM-108 and its fully compatible cousins (all from C-Media) are still very much<br>in production and available as far as the actual IC goes. As far as pre-made USB soundcards<br>that use these IC's go, yes it is seemingly more difficult to find such things. The CM-108<br>was selected, because, at the time, it was by far the most common IC found in such devices<br>and was of EXTREMELY high quality, reliability, and consistency (not to mention VERY good<br>value!). <br><br>Nowadays, is there once again, a generalized consensus focused upon some new, different,<br>IC, or are all the available (and inexpensive) USB sound cards pretty much just random??<br>I haven't, nor have I had time to even look lately. If there is, perhaps it would be worthwhile<br>to see if whatever this device is meets the requirements for this application.<br><br>If there is something worth checking out, I am not adverse to doing so.<br><br>JIM WB6NIL<br><br><br><br>> Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 07:35:01 -0400<br>> Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] Question<br>> From: steve@michiganbroadband.com<br>> To: telesistant@hotmail.com<br>> CC: n3fe@repeater.net; app_rpt-users@qrvc.com<br>> <br>> <br>> Noted! & I know you are speaking from experience and trying to warn<br>> others as they will end up wasting lots of time.<br>> <br>> Just curious if there are any plans for future support of other tested<br>> & approved sound devices eventually?<br>> <br>> Or do you think the CM108 will be available for years to come?<br>> I'm under the impression they're getting harder & harder to actually find.<br>> <br>> Just curious & thanks.<br>> <br>> Steve<br>> N8LBV<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> ><br>> > JUST DONT DO IT!!! There is a reason that we dont support regular sound<br>> > cards.<br>> > THEY DONT WORK WORTH A POO! They sound terrible, and are inconsistent.<br>> > Friends dont let friends use internal soundcards to interface to radio<br>> > systems.<br>> ><br>> > JIM WB6NIL<br>> ><br>> > Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 09:08:23 -0400<br>> > From: n3fe@repeater.net<br>> > To: app_rpt-users@qrvc.com<br>> > Subject: [App_rpt-users] Question<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > I have been having a heck of a time trying to find a fob with a<br>> > cm108 chip in it. I have 5 fobs here all from different suppliers and<br>> > none of<br>> > them have the right chip even though they were listed as a cm108.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > I had seen a alsaradio channel driver and tried that but it<br>> > errors our asterisk with a 127 error. Is there anything out there so that<br>> > we<br>> > can use serial/soundcard interfacing instead of a fob or the expensive<br>> > quad<br>> > card?<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Corey N3FE<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > --<br>> > This message has been checked and is believed to be clean.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > App_rpt-users mailing list<br>> > App_rpt-users@qrvc.com<br>> > http://qrvc.com/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users<br>> > --<br>> > This message has been scanned for viruses and<br>> > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is<br>> > believed to be clean.<br>> ><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > App_rpt-users mailing list<br>> > App_rpt-users@qrvc.com<br>> > http://qrvc.com/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users<br>> ><br>> <br>> <br>> Michigan Broadband Systems Inc.<br>> "Always Connected"<br>> <br>> (734)527-7150<br>> <br>> Steve's cellphone: (734)904-1811<br>> <br>> <br>> -- <br>> This message has been scanned for viruses and<br>> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is<br>> believed to be clean.<br>> <br> </body>
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