Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX (extigy 2)

[draggoon01]

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/mmedia/display/20030913012810.html

The Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX is priced at only $129.99 and will be available this month, Creative Labs said.

good for laptop owners i guess, although i don't know how good the extigy 1 was (i'll refrain from commenting on their pci cards)

now if only there were a external video card... (too bad pci express doesn't allow this)

and external tv tuner...

 

[DaveSimmons]

All the external USB 1.1 sound devices have had problems with skips / stutters from the reviews I've read. This supports 2.0 so might work better on newer laptops that have 2.0. However:

> USB 2.0 compliant (note that Creative Technology does not provide USB 2.0 drivers at this point);

...so anyone interested should buy from a store with a good return policy, and stress-test it thoroughly during the return period.