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Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum eX - $30+shipping

Originally posted by: Rockinacoustic
This would be a sidestep from an Audigy ZS 2 correct?
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Sound might not be as good as the Audigy ZS but you get more features with this one.

due to the external box, more inputs etc...
 
they must have found a stockpile of these locked away and forgotten somewhere...

keep in mind these are old ... original Audigy

would be hard to justify - imo - over onboard sound for most people, the interesting part is the external unit which is nice and might make it worth it for some
 
Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles
they must have found a stockpile of these locked away and forgotten somewhere...

keep in mind these are old ... original Audigy

would be hard to justify - imo - over onboard sound for most people, the interesting part is the external unit which is nice and might make it worth it for some
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1) The original Audigy, while old, still has a better feature set than any onboard audio solution except the SoundStorm from nVidia and the new chipsets with built-in DD Live.

2) There are all sorts of non-audio rendering features that seperate the Audigy Platinum from other sound cards. #1 for me would be the headphone detect. You can have your normal speakers connected and have a nice pair of headphones (Sennheiser 4 me) sitting there. When you plug them in, if you have the headphone settings turned on, the Audigy control panel will automatically mute the speakers and change the 3d audio settings to headphones. It will also return to the original settings when you unplug the headphones.

3) Add to that IEEE1394, real MIDI jacks, and an IR receiver and remote and you've got a nice overall media solution.

FYI, Girder can understand the Audigy's remote for scripting. I haven't messed around with mine in a long time, so I don't know if there are other solutions that can be used now, like HIP.
 
Originally posted by: TerryMathews
Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles
they must have found a stockpile of these locked away and forgotten somewhere...

keep in mind these are old ... original Audigy

would be hard to justify - imo - over onboard sound for most people, the interesting part is the external unit which is nice and might make it worth it for some
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1) The original Audigy, while old, still has a better feature set than any onboard audio solution except the SoundStorm from nVidia and the new chipsets with built-in DD Live.

2) There are all sorts of non-audio rendering features that seperate the Audigy Platinum from other sound cards. #1 for me would be the headphone detect. You can have your normal speakers connected and have a nice pair of headphones (Sennheiser 4 me) sitting there. When you plug them in, if you have the headphone settings turned on, the Audigy control panel will automatically mute the speakers and change the 3d audio settings to headphones. It will also return to the original settings when you unplug the headphones.

3) Add to that IEEE1394, real MIDI jacks, and an IR receiver and remote and you've got a nice overall media solution.

FYI, Girder can understand the Audigy's remote for scripting. I haven't messed around with mine in a long time, so I don't know if there are other solutions that can be used now, like HIP.
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On board audio has come quite a ways in recent years, with the original Audigy you really don't get much more to justify any extra cost (especially when considering analog sound quality on these older units isn't anything stellar) unless you're really going to make use of the break out box which I already admitted in my first post was the make or break on this deal and covers your #2 and #3...

I have the X-Fi Platinum, I know exactly what you're talking about, I live and die by those front panel headphone/microphone jacks, however I know not everyone does things the way I do.
 
I ordered one. I decided to try out onboard on my new P35 board, but I'm not as happy with it.

Sound effects in games just sound bleh to me. Didn't notice a difference when it came to music or movies though.

It doesn't sound as good as my old audigy which I gave away with my old computer.

Be nice to have the same card (plus the bay) back.
 
If anyone has an extra one they would like to sell let me know I spent 2 hours refresing the site too, but no card🙁

I will pay extra for one. PM me
 
Make sure you sign up for the notification from Creative. I got the first email from them and 5 minutes later they were showing out of stock already. Then the next day I caught the email within a minute of receiving it and was able to place my order.
 
Originally posted by: TerryMathews
2) There are all sorts of non-audio rendering features that seperate the Audigy Platinum from other sound cards. #1 for me would be the headphone detect. You can have your normal speakers connected and have a nice pair of headphones (Sennheiser 4 me) sitting there. When you plug them in, if you have the headphone settings turned on, the Audigy control panel will automatically mute the speakers and change the 3d audio settings to headphones. It will also return to the original settings when you unplug the headphones.

3) Add to that IEEE1394, real MIDI jacks, and an IR receiver and remote and you've got a nice overall media solution.
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Gotta tell you that even the craptastic onboard Realtek HD audio chipsets support headphone detect nowadays.
Certainly a dedicated solution is better though, but realistically the breakout box doesn't even offer real pro-audio connections. Why do you need that many mic inputs, etc. It needs stuff like an XLR input, etc.

Which, the highest end X-Fi actually does have (not the one with the regular front panel box add-on though, the one with the extra expensive separate external breakout box).

Still, for $30 bucks you can't really complain. Personally I'm debating between getting a new MSI board and just settling for the PCI-E X-Fi Xtreme Audio, or actually getting one of the nicer X-Fi's. Wish they had the nicer X-Fi's in PCI-E because a lot of the new boards only have 1 PCI slot, which is annoying as hell because I *HATE* onboard NICs (have had too many problems so I run an intel pro NIC).

*sigh*
 
Originally posted by: TekDemon
Originally posted by: TerryMathews
2) There are all sorts of non-audio rendering features that seperate the Audigy Platinum from other sound cards. #1 for me would be the headphone detect. You can have your normal speakers connected and have a nice pair of headphones (Sennheiser 4 me) sitting there. When you plug them in, if you have the headphone settings turned on, the Audigy control panel will automatically mute the speakers and change the 3d audio settings to headphones. It will also return to the original settings when you unplug the headphones.

3) Add to that IEEE1394, real MIDI jacks, and an IR receiver and remote and you've got a nice overall media solution.
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Gotta tell you that even the craptastic onboard Realtek HD audio chipsets support headphone detect nowadays.
Certainly a dedicated solution is better though, but realistically the breakout box doesn't even offer real pro-audio connections. Why do you need that many mic inputs, etc. It needs stuff like an XLR input, etc.

Which, the highest end X-Fi actually does have (not the one with the regular front panel box add-on though, the one with the extra expensive separate external breakout box).

Still, for $30 bucks you can't really complain. Personally I'm debating between getting a new MSI board and just settling for the PCI-E X-Fi Xtreme Audio, or actually getting one of the nicer X-Fi's. Wish they had the nicer X-Fi's in PCI-E because a lot of the new boards only have 1 PCI slot, which is annoying as hell because I *HATE* onboard NICs (have had too many problems so I run an intel pro NIC).

*sigh*
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The PCI-E Xtreme audios aren't real X-Fi's. They don't really have hardware acceleration, so you'd be just as well off with integrated.

Don't really see how you've had problems with onboard NICs. Never had an issue with mine.
 
Originally posted by: TekDemon
Originally posted by: TerryMathews
2) There are all sorts of non-audio rendering features that seperate the Audigy Platinum from other sound cards. #1 for me would be the headphone detect. You can have your normal speakers connected and have a nice pair of headphones (Sennheiser 4 me) sitting there. When you plug them in, if you have the headphone settings turned on, the Audigy control panel will automatically mute the speakers and change the 3d audio settings to headphones. It will also return to the original settings when you unplug the headphones.

3) Add to that IEEE1394, real MIDI jacks, and an IR receiver and remote and you've got a nice overall media solution.
Click to expand...
Gotta tell you that even the craptastic onboard Realtek HD audio chipsets support headphone detect nowadays.
Certainly a dedicated solution is better though, but realistically the breakout box doesn't even offer real pro-audio connections. Why do you need that many mic inputs, etc. It needs stuff like an XLR input, etc.

Which, the highest end X-Fi actually does have (not the one with the regular front panel box add-on though, the one with the extra expensive separate external breakout box).

Still, for $30 bucks you can't really complain. Personally I'm debating between getting a new MSI board and just settling for the PCI-E X-Fi Xtreme Audio, or actually getting one of the nicer X-Fi's. Wish they had the nicer X-Fi's in PCI-E because a lot of the new boards only have 1 PCI slot, which is annoying as hell because I *HATE* onboard NICs (have had too many problems so I run an intel pro NIC).

*sigh*
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If you wanted a PCIe soundcard, you might like this one. ASUS Xonar D2X

Couple reviews:

Elitebastards

Techgage
 
I have an audigy 2 plat that has served me very well for the last few years. I paid $160 for it when it was current. I'd have to agree though with the obvious, unless you specifically need several elements of the dock, it's not worth getting.
 
I just got mine today and the front of the box says "LATIN AMERICA EDITION". I haven't opened it yet as I'm still debating whether or not I really need it and if I don't I'll just sell it. With that, is everything in the package in Latin American? I mean, is the front of the breakout box in English or what? I don't want to open it up in case I decide to get rid of it (eying the Asus sound card). It would have been nice if Creative would have stated what this was, although, for $30 I can't complain!
 
I just got mine today and the front of the box says "LATIN AMERICA EDITION". With that, is everything in the package in Latin American?
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Aw, Man......You got the one that will only play Mariachi music! 😀
 
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