External Sound Card for Sony Vaio N220E

[bhprin]

Dear
I am looking to buy external sound card for my laptop.
I am playing with Bose Companion 3 Series II Multimedia Speaker System.
Can you please give your knowings..?
Regards
bhanu

 

[magma]

whats the budget ?

on of the most VFM and really good external SC's you can buy is the emu 404 USB (cost 200$ shipped in CONUS)
however wouldnt you like to look at better speaker chices than bose?
(if its more movies that intrest you than music i canunderstand your choice of speakers though)

in that case you can get pretty much any SC card depending on how many channel outs you need

 

[bhprin]

Thanks magma.
Its 2.1 speaker system.
I want better sound than of computer on-board sound.
price would be around 3K-5K.

 

[samsailo]

Hi

You can opt for the Asus Xonar or the Creative X fi fidelity series. Asus comes around 3000 while the creative around 5500

 

[AMITNOIDA]

What are the external sound card options pairing with Macbook? Price no bar. What will be the difference in SQ between Macbook+DAC and Macbook+External Sound card?

 

[cooltoad]

Thanks magma.
Its 2.1 speaker system.
I want better sound than of computer on-board sound.
price would be around 3K-5K.

Hi, I have the Bose companion 3 and use it with creative xfi usb(<3k i think) and is a dramatic improvement over onboard. I use it with my stereo amp as well.