Conference wrksys::alphastation

1989.0. "sound card "hiss" in 500/333" by FIREBL::LEEDS (From VAXinated to Alphaholic) Mon Jun 02 1997 13:49

I know there are a number of notes in here about the sound quality in the 
AlphaStations, but I didn't see a note that seemed to fit my issue:

I have an ALPHAstation 500/333 with the "standard" sound card running NT 4.0.

After loading the Microsoft Sound System drivers, I plugged in a set of 
headphones so I could listen to RealAudio playbacks of keynote talks, etc.

It works fine, but there is a constant background "hiss" in the 
headphones...  I feel like I want to hit the "dolby noise reduction"
button, or turn down the treble.

I've tried all combinations of various volume setting - the volume in the 
tray, volume control, etc. But even with the sound totally muted, the hiss 
is still there.

Any ideas, or did we just use a real cheap sound card in these puppies ??

Arlan