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Soundstorm or Acoustic Edge?

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SDOG34

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Does anyone have any opinions on whether I should stick with the onboard nforce2 audio or use my philips acoustic edge? The soundstorm is getting rave reviews, but I can't tweak the audio at all like I can with the philips. Did I miss out on software since I bought this thing as a refurb from newegg?
 
Soundstorm. And I can tweak the heck out of my sound.

What kind of board, and does it have the MCP-T southbrideg or the MCP?
 
What setings are you talking about?
Everything is conviniently located in nForce control panel: the EQ, the speaker selection, levels for every channel, EVEN the subwoofer crossover! Most probably you have the MCP bridge with just a realtek CODEC. ALSO! Do you have Asus' drivers installed, or nVidia's reference drivers (from nVidia website)? Sometimes with Asus's drivers the nForce control panel simply doesnt install. If so, download the nVidia's drivers, install them, and then the nForce icon will appear on your system bar (if you have MCP-T south bridge) - simply tweak everything as you please.

As for selection between nForce APU and Phillips - i say APU. Im a sound enthusiast. Before, i had an M-Audio scard (250 USD) for music listening purposes only. It had extensive settings too - unnecessary. Also i wanted to check how much worse the s. quality is going to be on APU (16 bit) as opposed to M-Audio's 24 bit. Hooked it up to a Marantz spectrum analyzer, and i was shocked. The deterioration was only 14%!!! (Basically, it means you cant hear the difference). So i'm more than happy with the (30 USD extra for mobo) APU than my 250 doll. M-Audio.
 
Yup, just updated the nforce drivers and now I have the control panel. I will stick with soundstorm cause it uses less cpu and frees up a pci slot. Any suggestions for the EQ settings (something that would be good for games and most music)?
 
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