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24-February-06, 10:19 PM
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| Apex Techie Lite  |  Soundcard Recommendations I am running a Soyo KT880 with Built in Realtek 8 Channel audio but have noticed some clipping in the sound. I am thinking about disabling onboard and going with a stand alone PCI card. Any suggestions as to what would be a good replacement. Trying not to spend more than $200 | |
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11-April-06, 07:52 AM
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Agreed. I have the X-Fi XtremeMusic and it is very nice (read my review here). The Auzentech Xplosion looks like pretty nice too and would be worth a look. It's prettymuch the new, updated Xmystique with some extra features I think (Dolby Digital Live and DTS Connect). Has native digital optical and S/PDIF out too (not sure what your speaker system is like). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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16-April-06, 02:38 PM
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| Banned | I just have an audigy 2 value, nothin special, but trust me, goin from anboard to even a low end card such as mine, there's a huge difference. I used my Adit duaghter sound card taht came with my Fatal1ty mobo (piece a junk). Half the ports didnt work, and the ones taht did, were misslabeled. But I have the Logitech z-530's, I think they are good, only 50$ on newegg, they have to be the best budget speakers ever. Very good highs and lows. When I got my audigy 2 value, I noticed that bass was more clear, and handled much better. Just a much better overall sound quaility X-fi, since everyone else reccomends it. | |
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18-April-06, 10:06 AM
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| A George Orwell fan...sorta  | While I agree that Creative makes good cards, I still believe their drivers are their worst problem. If any of you ever find yourself wishing you had different ones, do yourself a favor and check out kX Project | |
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20-April-06, 03:56 PM
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| Apex Techie Lite | MRZOMBIE, you didn't say if you use the sound primarily for music or primarily for listening to music. it can make a difference price/featurewise. Gamer cards support all 3D sound modes, EAX and all that shiznit, but for my HTPC I use a Chaintech AV710. It's about 30$ can, you get 7.1 sound and can apparently output bit-perfect, but it's no good for gaming as you don't have all the fancy extras. But it's pretty cheap for the sound quality. So make sure you know what you want  | |
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20-April-06, 04:50 PM
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| Apex Tech Maniac  | For the best possible sound go with an X-Fi. They're expencive like there's no tomorrow, but they're supposed to sound amazing. I have a Creative Audigy 2 Value (X-Fi's have no Linux support, yet). It has an emu10k1 chipset and sounds excellent. It cost about $30 CND, too. | |
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20-April-06, 07:57 PM
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What speakers do you have? Id love to hear one of those in person. Id really love to hear one connected to something like a NAD amplifier. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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21-April-06, 03:22 PM
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Im prettie sure it can be easily done with some adapters. I think 3.5mm audio jacks to composite jacks (I think theyre called composite). Its basically connecting your PC to your stereo or home theater. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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25-April-06, 06:10 PM
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Of course, you can always use the coaxial SPDIF  . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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26-April-06, 04:58 PM
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| Apex Master Tech  | meh your all lucky gits i have been using onboard simply for the fact i cant afford a seperate card in saying that i have a sound blaster live 5.1 sitting about somewhere must hoke it out pity im using a 7.1 set of speakers  only got myself a GigaWorks 7.1 S750 set to run on onboard sound anyone wana donate me a x-fi please | |
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