SoundBlaster Audigy 2 !!

[NikPreviousAcct]

Check this out... I just got it in the mail

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Dear Nik,

We are proud to announce Sound Blaster® Audigy(TM) 2 - Creative's 2nd
generation 24-bit ADVANCED HD(TM) sound card, following the critically
acclaimed Sound Blaster Audigy sound card launched last year.

With Sound Blaster Audigy 2, Creative is again pushing the limits of
audio entertainment on the PC to rival home theater equipment costing
thousands of dollars.

Sound Blaster Audigy 2 - the only THX certified sound card - offers the
pinnacle in audio quality and performance for music, games, movies, or
music creation with several exciting new features.

DVD-Audio : The only PC solution to enable the Advanced Resolution(TM)
era of 24-bit music fidelity with 192kHz in stereo and
96kHz in 5.1

106dB SNR : The best Sound Blaster clarity ever, surpassing home-theater
audio quality for music, games, movies, and music creation

6.1 Surround Sound : Experience superior multi-channel audio from MP3s,
CDs, Dolby Digital® EX movies, and over 400
DirectSound® 3D games with a discrete rear center
speaker

Creative MediaSource(TM) Player: This new player offers the most exciting
features yet with library search,
automatic playlist volume matching,
hiss removal for MP3s, and more

Audigy 2 Chip & EAX® ADVANCED HD(TM): The ultimate platform for delivering
unparalleled audio realism from the
hottest gaming titles and pure
24-bit/96kHz recording to capture
subtle details in your audio
creation

Heavy PC users and those with a requirement to connect audio equipment
to their PC should consider Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum, which
ships with an internal audio connectivity drive.

http://creative.com/c.asp?u=HdyKeZJFWNlCPMWkNwXAWI8i&c=228

This is just the beginning of what Sound Blaster Audigy 2 can do for you.
Whether you are simply looking for the best sound card to play your MP3
content or you are an advanced PC gamer or audiophile, Sound Blaster
Audigy 2 fits the bill!

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Learn more about Sound Blaster Audigy 2 and how you can experience the
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[Viper GTS]

They've been out for a while now...

Viper GTS

 

[Electric Amish]

Too bad it's still made by Creative.

amish

 

[CripplerCrossface]

yeah, they have been out for a bit. when the extigy 2 comes oot let me know.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: CripplerCrossface
yeah, they have been out for a bit. when the extigy 2 comes oot let me know.

Extigy is a USB interface.... WTF would you want all that data getting crammed through an unstable bottleneck like USB!? :disgust:

Viper GTS,
On the shelves!?

nik

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt

Originally posted by: CripplerCrossface
yeah, they have been out for a bit. when the extigy 2 comes oot let me know.

Extigy is a USB interface.... WTF would you want all that data getting crammed through an unstable bottleneck like USB!? :disgust:

Viper GTS,
On the shelves!?

nik

You can order them, people have them, & there are reviews posted.

I'd say that constitutes out.

Viper GTS

 

[CripplerCrossface]

i am using a sff xpc with one pci slot. with usb 2 or firewire it shouldnt matter. i didnt know the usb interface would be unstable.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: CripplerCrossface
i am using a sff xpc with one pci slot. with usb 2 or firewire it shouldnt matter. i didnt know the usb interface would be unstable.

USB easily becomes unstable with sustained mass data transfer.

nik

 

[NewSc2]

TB Santa Cruz has been out for 2-3 years (if my memory serves me right) and it's still at the top of the heap. Creative should be working on better processors rather than fancy boxes and working their dominant market share.

 

[ndee]

Why do we guys in Europe always get the good stuff so late? (as in, no Audigy 2 on the shelves)

 

[CripplerCrossface]

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt

Originally posted by: CripplerCrossface
i am using a sff xpc with one pci slot. with usb 2 or firewire it shouldnt matter. i didnt know the usb interface would be unstable.

USB easily becomes unstable with sustained mass data transfer.

nik

hmm.. would that apply to firewire as well? cause usb cd-rw drives would be kinda pointless if usb were unstable. i dunno

 

[stev0]

Originally posted by: CripplerCrossface
yeah, they have been out for a bit. when the extigy 2 comes oot let me know.

screw the extigy... yamaha has a really nice usb solution.. and the maudio's are awsome

yea.. audigy 2 has been out for a while now ... where have you been?

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: CripplerCrossface

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt

Originally posted by: CripplerCrossface
i am using a sff xpc with one pci slot. with usb 2 or firewire it shouldnt matter. i didnt know the usb interface would be unstable.

USB easily becomes unstable with sustained mass data transfer.

nik

hmm.. would that apply to firewire as well? cause usb cd-rw drives would be kinda pointless if usb were unstable. i dunno

I dunno about firewire, but go get a USB cable modem and find out for yourself

nik

 

[CripplerCrossface]

Originally posted by: stev0

Originally posted by: CripplerCrossface
yeah, they have been out for a bit. when the extigy 2 comes oot let me know.

screw the extigy... yamaha has a really nice usb solution.. and the maudio's are awsome

yea.. extigy 2 has been out for a while now ... where have you been?

I didnt even know they came out. I have not seen a review or anything for it. I doesnt really matter they are prob too expensive to upgrade from the onboard sound. I am not too much of an audiophile.(not yet anyway )

 

[manly]

Nice FUD. USB 1.x isn't unstable, it's just a relatively slow bus. Rather than hanging a bunch of devices off of it, you should just think of it as a modern bus for input devices such as mice, keyboards and joysticks.

USB 2.0 is a huge improvement in throughput, although I don't know how much the CPU utilization is.

FireWire was designed by Apple specifically for high-throughput I/O and it's pretty much becoming the de facto standard for digital A/V systems.