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Audigy 2 ZS worth having over SoundStorm ALC650?

Audigy 2 ZS, nah.

M-Audio Revo 7.1, yes.

Revo will have better sound quality in music and movies while the Audigy will perform better in games due to EAX.


Depends what you want.


 
Originally posted by: BouZouki
Audigy 2 ZS, nah.

M-Audio Revo 7.1, yes.

Revo will have better sound quality in music and movies while the Audigy will perform better in games due to EAX.


Depends what you want.
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I do game, but primarily my PC is an expensive jukebox. I want something best suited for music. What makes the m-audio products better?
 
From what i hear, Creative is the king of low CPU utilization + games and M-Audio is best for music/video

But the soundstorm is awesome if you are using the s/pdif instead of the crappy realtek thingy
 
Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
From what i hear, Creative is the king of low CPU utilization + games and M-Audio is best for music/video

But the soundstorm is awesome if you are using the s/pdif instead of the crappy realtek thingy
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Thats roughly what Ive heard.

Ive experienced the rough and the smooth end of my Soundstorm. My speakers have analogue and optical digital inputs so I wired both up and tested side by side.

Difference is quite nicely in favour of digital.
 
Originally posted by: brigden
I do game, but primarily my PC is an expensive jukebox. I want something best suited for music. What makes the m-audio products better?
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If music is your priority, don't get a Creative card - they resample everything to 48khz, resulting in what many feel is a sterile, slightly muddy sound. M-Audio makes a good card, 7.1 channels utilizing 4 quality DACs. On the other hand, you can get a Chaintech av710 for only around $25 US, which is also 7.1, but has 3 garbage DACs and one good one. While it's no good for surround, music is meant to be listened to in 2 or 2.1 channels, so it's fine for that. It does have its downsides however; drivers are little better than Creative's, with the newer ones having a known bug (most feel it's best to use the VIA 1.43 drivers). Further, it'll use one of the garbage DACs by default for 2/2.1 sound; you have to set it up properly to use the good one.
 
This brings up a good question: Are there ANY optical input headphones? I haven't even heard of Sennheiser making those.
 
The headphones need to be powered somehow.

If they did make "optical input headphones", they would have to be connected to an amp with an optical input.
 
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