Brother Esau Posted October 11, 2006 Posted October 11, 2006 Can only speak of what I own! I dont have any issues with my card I am truly lucky! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuTcH Posted October 11, 2006 Posted October 11, 2006 Over priced maybe, but worth it yes! It will improve you're sound by 3 fold no exageration! not a chance unless youve got serious hardware on the speaker side and i've sampled the xfi elite. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icez84 Posted October 12, 2006 Posted October 12, 2006 3 times? that sound abit unbelievable. is there really such huge diffs? btw, which verision of the audigy 2 would be recommended? da plat. one or the norm. one? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuTcH Posted October 12, 2006 Posted October 12, 2006 zs but honestly theres not much difference you could always check revision and eax version to be anal, but personally get the cheap one,lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calvintang Posted October 12, 2006 Posted October 12, 2006 to get a soundcard or not? it depends on your inner audiophile no use wasting 200+ to get a nice card if you dont hear the diffrence between 128k and 320k but some cards have a nice advantage like H_G says. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branjo Posted October 12, 2006 Posted October 12, 2006 Im just using onboard too, never have my headphones off so I don't see the point myself. If I lived alone and had no kids then sure I'd be playing BF2 on a 5.1 speaker system making the neighbors hit the deck during an artillery strike...lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icez84 Posted October 13, 2006 Posted October 13, 2006 zs but honestly theres not much difference you could always check revision and eax version to be anal, but personally get the cheap one,lol LoL i love ya idea, get da cheap one, maybe i'll just spend 35usd for a second hand audigy then, but again is there anythin i should look out when purchasing a second hand soundcard? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yfital Posted October 13, 2006 Posted October 13, 2006 hmm, not really, just think of this, if your a really big headphone user, maybe you should try and find a second hand with a front panel thingy, so you can easily connect it from the front... it makes life much easier Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
politbureau Posted October 13, 2006 Posted October 13, 2006 Anyone ever thought of using the digital output from the onboard solution to drive their amp? I've measured the signal from my various mobos optical and coaxial outputs (K8N Neo, K8N Neo2, DFI NF3, DFI SLI-DR) with my dScope, and the output is pretty clean - in all cases far, far superior to the analog output. If you don't have a digital input on your amp, a simple analog-to-digital converter will provide clean analog sound to an outboard speaker setup. Alternatively, if all you're doing is passing an analog signal to a speaker setup, or even just a digital signal, check out some of the less expensive products from Hoontech and M-audio. I think they provide superior product to the Soundblaster brand, and a significantly lower price point. I have an M-Audio Revolution 5.1 and Hoontech ST Audio DSP24 (among a few dozen others) and both provide near-studio quality ouput. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calvintang Posted October 13, 2006 Posted October 13, 2006 Anyone ever thought of using the digital output from the onboard solution to drive their amp? I've measured the signal from my various mobos optical and coaxial outputs (K8N Neo, K8N Neo2, DFI NF3, DFI SLI-DR) with my dScope, and the output is pretty clean - in all cases far, far superior to the analog output. If you don't have a digital input on your amp, a simple analog-to-digital converter will provide clean analog sound to an outboard speaker setup. Alternatively, if all you're doing is passing an analog signal to a speaker setup, or even just a digital signal, check out some of the less expensive products from Hoontech and M-audio. I think they provide superior product to the Soundblaster brand, and a significantly lower price point. I have an M-Audio Revolution 5.1 and Hoontech ST Audio DSP24 (among a few dozen others) and both provide near-studio quality ouput. english please? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICON57 Posted October 13, 2006 Posted October 13, 2006 Anyone ever thought of using the digital output from the onboard solution to drive their amp? I've measured the signal from my various mobos optical and coaxial outputs (K8N Neo, K8N Neo2, DFI NF3, DFI SLI-DR) with my dScope, and the output is pretty clean - in all cases far, far superior to the analog output. If you don't have a digital input on your amp, a simple analog-to-digital converter will provide clean analog sound to an outboard speaker setup. Alternatively, if all you're doing is passing an analog signal to a speaker setup, or even just a digital signal, check out some of the less expensive products from Hoontech and M-audio. I think they provide superior product to the Soundblaster brand, and a significantly lower price point. I have an M-Audio Revolution 5.1 and Hoontech ST Audio DSP24 (among a few dozen others) and both provide near-studio quality ouput. never tried that...i would be interesting in hearing how good it sounds, and yes the m-audio products are a good alternative to creative, but as A_G's mentioned in an earlier post....go for a used audigy2 Zs, helps take the sound processing burden off the cpu, and better sound than your onboard (which is pretty decent to begin with) its kinda like using onboard video to do gaming with...sort of....we all would much rather have a good graphics card do the work, and tax the cpu less, same with sound....at least thats the way i look at it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Esau Posted October 13, 2006 Posted October 13, 2006 not a chance unless youve got serious hardware on the speaker side and i've sampled the xfi elite. Thats funny...... I have some cheapo Cyber Acoustic $30.00 2 speaker and sub woofer set up and when I went from onboard sound to this card the increase was 3 fold! And it completely screems no .!!!!!! Now just imagine what it could do with some Klipsch speakers! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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