Which sound card for my z560

[littlegohan]

I am planning to buy the logitech z560 and I want to know which sound card is good enough for this speaker. It would truly be horrendous to not be able to take advantage of my speaker.

My choices are : SBlive 5.1 (from my old comp), nforce onboard sound and SB audigy,

(GTXP is too expensive , and Santa Cruz is not avaliable in where I live)

Of the three, which one is the best? Is there a huge difference between the SB live and audigy?

By the way, I play games, listenes to mp3s and sometime watch dvd movies.

 

[boi]

Get the audigy. Sounds great w/ my z560's =)

 

[SHoddyCOmp]

I second the audigy. That was my second choice but ended up going with the Santa Cruz but thats not available there so...

 

[herbage11]

I have the z560s paired with the Turtle Beach....Lets just say it is pure audio bliss. Gaming could be better but MP3s rattle the walls.

 

[Goi]

Most decent soundcards would do justice to computer/multimedia speakers. The TB Santa Cruz is a good choice if you want good clean sound, so is the Philips AcousticEdge and the Hercules GTXP to a slightly lesser extent. The Audigy and Live! from Creative aren't known for their sound quality though...despite the audiophile pretentions of the Audigy...what they excel in is gaming/3D features.

 

[MasterHoss]

The major difference between the Live! and the Audigy is that the Audigy is a 5.1 capable sound card (which doesn't matter for your 4.1 speaker system) and that the Audigy provides EAX Advanced HD.

Go with the Audigy.

 

[billyjak]

I have the Audigy Platinum and it sounds great.
Get the Audigy

 

[pillage2001]

Alternative to the Santa Cruz = Audigy.