Sound Card

[Confusednewbie1552]

Last question of the ngiht (or shall I say morning) for me:

Can anyone show me some good 5.1 sound cards? I like either creative or Turtle Beach, but prefer creative. I don't need 6.1 or 7.1 or anything just 5.1. I was looking at the Audigy 2 ZS, seems a bit expensive, but i'll look further into it. BTW the AUdigy 2 ZS is a 7.1, but everyone reccomeneds it, why is that?

 

[Chaotic42]

I have a TBSC. It seems to be an awesome card, the versajack is great if you use headphones.

 

[viivo]

The Audigy ZS can do everything up to 7.1, not just. I'm waiting for the next generation - the ZS just isn't worth it.

 

[Confusednewbie1552]

Heh, I have one more question.

I would like to know what each port on a sound card is used for. For example the green is for speakers, the red is for the microphone. I think the black is for subwoofer and I have no clue what the blue yellow and the big orange one are.

 

[Sonic587]

What card are you looking at? The TBSC? Newegg lists the connectors as "line in, Mic in, Line/Headphone out, GAME/MIDI, Versa Jack, CD in, AUX in" on that card.

 

[memories2002]

i recommend getting the audigy ES or vanilla audigy. the audigy LS would be ok too, all below 50$. i have the audigy ES got it for 38$ a yr ago, from livewarehouse i think..

 

[Confusednewbie1552]

A Sound Blaster Live i think. I was just wondering like what's the blue port used for and the black and the big one that looks like a monitor serial port.

 

[Ionizer86]

Blue is usually line in, black is usually rear speakers, and the big one that looks kind of like a serial port is a gameport (for the older non-USB controllers). Oh, and I have (had) a Santa Cruz and it's excellent

 

[Blain]

They reccomeneds it, cause it's good