Sound Card: Reccomendations Please

Sun Feb 01, 2004 5:19 pm by Huffer

Lately it seems that I spend more time listening to music on my computer than doing anything else, and so I have been thinking about upgrading my sound card. The problem with this is that I really have no idea of what is good and what is not, so I thought I would ask the experts here for advice.

I would like to be able to connect a set of good speakers, or perhaps a surround sound setup to my computer. Price is not a problem, as I have a birthday coming up and can probably convince my parents to help my pay for the card, and I plan to move the card to a new computer when I get one, so I want to get a good one.

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Sun Feb 01, 2004 6:20 pm by Indy11

Sound Blaster Audigy 2. Didn't even know there was a question about it.

Sun Feb 01, 2004 8:44 pm by Wolf_Demon

hey thnakx i wanted to ask that questio too

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Sun Feb 01, 2004 11:04 pm by BlazeME

I've got an Creative SB Live! and it's very good. It plays great music.

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Mon Feb 02, 2004 3:29 am by gromit

I use the Audigy 2 for professional mixing - and I really can't see myself changing it in a hurry....

Mon Feb 02, 2004 5:48 am by Wolf_Demon

Ive got Creative SB Live! too, but im currently pushing it to its limits

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Tue Feb 03, 2004 3:03 pm by Esquilax

I too, have a Live! card. It does the job, but does not support EAX 2 and 3. Version 3.0 is the latest incarnation, and offers great 3D sound. One option for you if you are into music composition is "Hoontech". Their cards aren't too expensive, and they are professional quality. There are some Hercules carda around, but they are not as good as Creative cards. The Audigy 2 is probably the way to go, but I'd avoid the Audigy 2 ZS. It has support for 7.1 surround, but who has (or needs) that many speakers?

Tue Feb 03, 2004 3:29 pm by Tawakalna

Audigy 2

Wed Feb 04, 2004 9:17 am by boomerang one

I'm happy with my audigy gamer

Wed Feb 04, 2004 12:24 pm by [ZN]- Slasher

I would recommend anything recent from Audigy Sound Cards. I know alot of people that have had good success with them!

Wed Feb 04, 2004 3:04 pm by Wolf_Demon

i have (and needed) them, lol
guess i should go for that huh?

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Wed Feb 04, 2004 3:12 pm by Esquilax

Well, you could ignore us all and go for something else such as an on-board chip supporting AC97, but then that would defeat the whole point of asking us, wouldn't it?

Personally, I'm waiting for the new card the "Audigy 3" or whatever it will be called. It will probably support the next version of EAX. After all, we don't want to be left behind in the IT race, do we?

Thu Feb 05, 2004 7:35 pm by Huffer

Thanks for all the suggestions. I'm looking into an Audigy 2.

Sat Feb 07, 2004 3:00 am by Esquilax

An Audigy 2? What made you choose that? I don't remember anyone mentioning it

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It's a fine choice. As I said, I'm waiting for the next "big thing" in sound cards. Maybe I'll go PCI-Express too!!!

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