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Sound Card

Originally posted by: Chode Messiah
creative labs sound blaster live! 7.1 very cheap,very nice!:thumbsup:
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what is the difference between this card and audigy2 zs? the quality of the sound? or just the price🙂

 
The E-MUs are pretty good. Can't give a recommendation without knowing more about what is required.
 
Chaintech AV-710
A great card and its only ~$25.00
you can also flash this card and use Audiotrak Prodigy drivers.
 
the audio of my nvidia MB also support 6.1, i think it is named as "soundstorm"(im not positive though), how is that compared with the chaintech card? i mean the sound quality.
 
From what I have read, soundstorm is generally considered as a little better than the SB live and Audigy 1 but inferior to the Audigy 2. I don't know about the chainteck cards but I have heard good things about them

-spike
 
I'm about to get and HDA X-Mystique since it seems like most manufacturers have given up on DDL since soundstorm 🙁
 
Originally posted by: aidanjm
Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
I'm about to get and HDA X-Mystique since it seems like most manufacturers have given up on DDL since soundstorm 🙁
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why is that card good?
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It does real time Dolby Digital encoding (they call it Dolby Digital Live) that allows a digital connection to a receiver to get the correct surround sound from games. A normal digital connection will only give you surround from something already encoded like a DVD. The X-Mystique takes the analog signals and forms an AC-3 signal out of them.

For gaming I've been on 7 channel stereo on my $1300 sound system for about a year now. Normally I think spending more than $50 on a soundcard is a pretty bad idea, but I want this feature and it's the only thing that offers it right now.

EDIT:
Linky

Linky 2
 
Are games the only things that use 7.1-channel sound? Or do some movies have 7.1-channel soundtracks as well?
 
Originally posted by: Ken90630
Are games the only things that use 7.1-channel sound? Or do some movies have 7.1-channel soundtracks as well?
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In my case, I actually haven't paid too much attention to whether my movies have a 5.1 vs a 7.1 track because my receiver uses Dolby Digital EX (7.1) whenever a Dolby source is being played (I know for sure some are 5.1). I think some have Dolby Digital EX tracks meaning they have 7.1 tracks.

Somebody tell me if I'm wrong. I'm not sure I've got this right.
 
Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Originally posted by: aidanjm
Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
I'm about to get and HDA X-Mystique since it seems like most manufacturers have given up on DDL since soundstorm 🙁
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why is that card good?
Click to expand...

It does real time Dolby Digital encoding (they call it Dolby Digital Live) that allows a digital connection to a receiver to get the correct surround sound from games. A normal digital connection will only give you surround from something already encoded like a DVD. The X-Mystique takes the analog signals and forms an AC-3 signal out of them.

For gaming I've been on 7 channel stereo on my $1300 sound system for about a year now. Normally I think spending more than $50 on a soundcard is a pretty bad idea, but I want this feature and it's the only thing that offers it right now.

EDIT:
Linky

Linky 2
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so it looks like something you would use for gaming, but not when you're listening to music (because it resamples the output)..?
 
Originally posted by: Ken90630
Are games the only things that use 7.1-channel sound? Or do some movies have 7.1-channel soundtracks as well?
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Nope. DVD's support 5.1 - no more, no less.

The Creative Audigy 2 is generally considered pretty good. There are a few different models, depending on you budget, and what exactly you want from a sound card.

RoD
 
Originally posted by: aidanjm
Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Originally posted by: aidanjm
Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
I'm about to get and HDA X-Mystique since it seems like most manufacturers have given up on DDL since soundstorm 🙁
Click to expand...

why is that card good?
Click to expand...

It does real time Dolby Digital encoding (they call it Dolby Digital Live) that allows a digital connection to a receiver to get the correct surround sound from games. A normal digital connection will only give you surround from something already encoded like a DVD. The X-Mystique takes the analog signals and forms an AC-3 signal out of them.

For gaming I've been on 7 channel stereo on my $1300 sound system for about a year now. Normally I think spending more than $50 on a soundcard is a pretty bad idea, but I want this feature and it's the only thing that offers it right now.

EDIT:
Linky

Linky 2
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so it looks like something you would use for gaming, but not when you're listening to music (because it resamples the output)..?
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Yeah, I'm planning on using it for gaming but in the case of music just sending out the PCM signal for my receiver.
 
Originally posted by: rod
Originally posted by: Ken90630
Are games the only things that use 7.1-channel sound? Or do some movies have 7.1-channel soundtracks as well?
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Nope. DVD's support 5.1 - no more, no less.

The Creative Audigy 2 is generally considered pretty good. There are a few different models, depending on you budget, and what exactly you want from a sound card.

RoD
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I know they support less than 5.1 for sure 😛
(some have dolby surround tracks... 2 channel tracks... etc.)
 
if you really need multichannel sound, anything with envy24 will sound much better than audigy stuff.
or if you use headphones or quality 2 channel speakers like me, an emu 0404 or 1212M will work better 😀
 
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