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| | Product Details | | Product Weight: | 0.6 pounds | | Package Length: | 5.51 inches | | Package Width: | 5.51 inches | | Package Height: | 1.18 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.44 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 12 reviews |
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25 of 26 found the following review helpful:
 Awesome :-) Jul 02, 2005
By InverseIQ
Firstly, don't be turned off seeing that very few people have rated this product. The truth is that, if you look around for a PCMCI audio card in audiophile sites and stores, you will see this product reviewed exceptionally well. The average Joe only goes for the commercial hype and don't know of any venerable professional audiophile products.
Let me put one thing straight. If you decide to pay for this product, you better be having some good quality headphone (and i don't mean a Bose :-).. for all those who think Boss is any good..) like Grado, some higher end Sennhieser, Koss, Etymotics, Sure, etc. Because if you don't, you may be disappointed with this sound card. The analogy is if you have a bad eyesight and you are viewing a girl from 20 feet, it wouldn't matter if she got pimples on her face or not, you won't make any difference. On the other hand, if you have a good eyesight, you will notice the difference. Same goes here, if you sport a cheap headphone, don't waste your money on any high end audio gear.
<<<<<< Sound Quality >>>>>>: The first thing you will notice when you play an mp3 is the well improved Bass, near pristine high ends. A few hours with the Indigo io and you'll hate to listen to anything without it. Indigo gives you much more depth to the music and overall a fabulously improved sound quality.
<<<<<< Extra >>>>>>: Another very important feature of the Indigo io is its near zero latency via its input jack. If you play some music instruments and would like some quality hook up to the laptop and yet be portable, you have no other way to go except the Indigo. There is no other product in the market that gives this quick response in a PCMCIA form factor.
<<<<<< Comparison with Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2zs >>>>>>: The comparison if of interest to many people. The Indigo blows away Creative in terms of sound quality. Its like comparing a Mustang to a Corola in terms of speed and acceleration. If you have a 7.1 speaker system you would like to hook your laptop then Creative is the only option. I use a Headphone and I want the best sound quality, so Indigo is all for me. Some people say "for games the Creative is better".. I just don't understand that.... if the output sound quality is way better by the Indigo then how in games it will give poorer output than creative.... just doesn't make sense.
<<<<<< Competitor worth considering >>>>>>: Headroom Total Bithead.
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
ECHO Indigo IO - Rich, crisp, full sound Mar 23, 2006
By Daniel Park
Being a musician, I really appreciate all of the little details that go into a piece of music. My 8-bit laptop sound card wasn't doing it for me, so I decided to treat myself to a ECHO Indigo IO. The sound improvement is dramatic. When I let people listen to audio using my ECHO Indigo, they always comment on how much "crisper" or "cleaner" the music sounds. The range also shows improvement, although it is not as easy to tell with cheaper headphones. I got a decent pair of headphones, the Sennheiser HD-280's, and then I could really tell the difference in my music. When I first used them together, the sounds was rich and full, it was amazing. It seemed like listening to music became a whole new experience. My only complaint would be that the ECHO Indigo doesn't fit perfectly into the slot, it wobbles around a bit. It's not a big problem at all, and a small price to pay for the sound coming out of this card.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Very pleased with Echo Indigo I/O Card Nov 27, 2006
By J. Dozier
"Jack"
Initially I had planned to buy a Creative sound card, but happened upon a good review of this card, so I took a plunge. I have been very pleased with the card. I have a Compaq EVO laptop that I use the card with. I have used it to digitize my old music collection: LPs and cassettes primarily. I connect my old Elac Miracord 770h turntable to a Carver preamp, then the preamp out to the Indigo. I use the Cakewalk Pyro 5 software to pull in the analog sound and then cut it into tracks. I adjust the input volume using the preamp volume control. As far as output from the card, I run it through a Cambridge Soundworks Model Twelve portable system. Sounds quite good to my admittedly aging ears. The weak link in my case is either my ears or the condition of the LPs and cassettes. I thought about giving it a 4 because it hogs the two slots area on my laptop, but that's no real problem, just a minor annoyance.
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Awesome :-) Jul 02, 2005
By InverseIQ
Firstly, don't be turned off seeing that very few people have rated this product. The truth is that, if you look around for a PCMCI audio card in audiophile sites and stores, you will see this product reviewed exceptionally well. The average Joe only goes for the commercial hype and don't know of any venerable professional audiophile products.
Let me put one thing straight. If you decide to pay for this product, you better be having some good quality headphone (and i don't mean a Bose :-).. for all those who think Boss is any good..) like Grado, some higher end Sennhieser, Koss, Etymotics, Sure, etc. Because if you don't, you may be disappointed with this sound card. The analogy is if you have a bad eyesight and you are viewing a girl from 20 feet, it wouldn't matter if she got pimples on her face or not, you won't make any difference. On the other hand, if you have a good eyesight, you will notice the difference. Same goes here, if you sport a cheap headphone, don't waste your money on any high end audio gear.
<<<<<< Sound Quality >>>>>>: The first thing you will notice when you play an mp3 is the well improved Bass, near pristine high ends. A few hours with the Indigo io and you'll hate to listen to anything without it. Indigo gives you much more depth to the music and overall a fabulously improved sound quality.
<<<<<< Extra >>>>>>: Another very important feature of the Indigo io is its near zero latency via its input jack. If you play some music instruments and would like some quality hook up to the laptop and yet be portable, you have no other way to go except the Indigo. There is no other product in the market that gives this quick response in a PCMCIA form factor.
<<<<<< Comparison with Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2zs >>>>>>: The comparison if of interest to many people. The Indigo blows away Creative in terms of sound quality. Its like comparing a Mustang to a Corola in terms of speed and acceleration. If you have a 7.1 speaker system you would like to hook your laptop then Creative is the only option. I use a Headphone and I want the best sound quality, so Indigo is all for me. Some people say "for games the Creative is better".. I just don't understand that.... if the output sound quality is way better by the Indigo then how in games it will give poorer output than creative.... just doesn't make sense.
<<<<<< Competitor worth considering >>>>>>: Headroom Total Bithead.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Perfect Product Jan 28, 2010
By C. AREVALO
This is one of the those pieces of electronics for computers that I would qualify as PERFECT because:
1. The performance meets and exceeds technical specs.
2. The subjective quality of the audio is excellent. Full audio spectrum for audiophiles and pros.
3. The driver performance is flawless, rock solid and lean (i.e. your computer will not get bloatware or dynamic libraries or programs that will execute (and put burden) on your valuable microprocessor's cycles. So, the taxation for your machine by using this piece of hardware is, practically, zero.
4. If you hear your MP3s and find that they are imperfect, that's not a problem of the audio card, the problem is with the MP3s themselves. The tech specs are so high, that this little hardware will reveal the smallest details of any digitally-encoded audio file.
5. The manual is circumspect, direct to the point.
6. The multiclient driver is very convenient for pros working with multiple audio platforms.
7. The physical construction and packaging are that of a professional sound product.
Get this. And enjoy being the owner of one of them. PCMCIA is fine. If needed, get the Expresscard version, depending on your laptop.
Also, get the best audiophile headphones you can afford. Or hook this up to some serious monitor speakers.
I am so happy :) Thanks Echo. Thanks for building REAL SERIOUS hardware for SERIOUS AUDIOPHILE PEOPLE.
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