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I've read several comments about how "bad" the Ensoniq SoundScape was (or is!). I had an Elite for a few years, and initially had some problems, too. The complaints on sound quality (particularly noise) can be legitimate, and here's why:
The Elite has a "daughterboard" installed; seems that Ensoniq got a bad batch of these from their supplier, and caused them a major headache with their customers. I encountered noise problems with my Elite. I didn't have too much of a problem contacting Ensoniq support, and I found that they were pretty helpful on the phone diagnosing the problem. I went through TWO daughterboard replacements before I received a "clean" (good) one. In each case, Ensoniq was very receptive in replacing the daughterboard, and shipped them out quickly. Besides, how can you argue about scratchy, screechy sound when you're both listening to the card's sound on a speakerphone!!! ;->
When I finally got a good daughterboard installed, my Elite performed beautifully, and with the additional software tools, I had a lot of fun with it. IMHO, Soundblaster didn't have anything that could honestly compete with the Elite's sound and performance until the Soundblaster Live! series was released. By then, Soundblaster had bought Ensoniq up - if you can't beat, buy 'em out, I guess....
KC
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