poor sound quality in 5.3 stable

[Olivier Certner]

 Hi,

 Do you mean that the sound seems unclear all the time? 

 I've also had some problems with sound on my FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE, but a 
different kind of. Sometimes I hear crakings while playing mp3 files with 
XMMS, although my computer's load is very low. I use "snd_emu10k1" sound 
module as you do with a Creative Sound Blaster Live! 5.1.

 There is another driver that may be worth trying here: 
http://chibis.persons.gfk.ru/audigy/. I'll give it a pick when I get more 
time.

 Cheers,

  Olivier