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post #16 of 25
1/14/11 at 6:09am

I am pretty sure they stopped manufacturing the non Pro version. Shops may still sell them but they may be old stocks. Heck the Non Pro card was even removed from Creative Official website.

As for X-Fi Go! supporting 24/48, I doubt you can differentiate the SQ between the SQ of 16 and 24bit with THAT CARD. Hell even the onboard sound in my PC supports up to 24bit/192kHZ format. Cards of that sound are made of very simple components, which means the signal produced will be rather noisy. It is better to buy a better soundcard that specify the SNR, TND and crossfeed values. 

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post #17 of 25
1/14/11 at 6:13am
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Originally Posted by windcar View Post

I am pretty sure they stopped manufacturing the non Pro version. Shops may still sell them but they may be old stocks. Heck the Non Pro card was even removed from Creative Official website.

As for X-Fi Go! supporting 24/48, I doubt you can differentiate the SQ between the SQ of 16 and 24bit with THAT CARD. Hell even the onboard sound in my PC supports up to 24bit/192kHZ format. Cards of that sound are made of very simple components, which means the signal produced will be rather noisy. It is better to buy a better soundcard that specify the SNR, TND and crossfeed values. 



Ok, you that OWN a Go! Pro be happy with what you are, and accept the simple fact that the regular Go! is just better. Too bad, you should've known better before buying that. Oh, and The regular Go! is on their website. Lol at your claims. Go troll another topic.

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post #18 of 25
1/14/11 at 6:58am

nay, I am ok with my Pro. They are good for portable gaming. I also own a X-Fi HD which is superior to all stick size SC too. 

I thought i am here just to share my views on these stick cards but apparently I have offended some people unintentionally.

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post #19 of 25
1/14/11 at 7:03am

No no, I'm sorry if I sounded harsh frown.gif The thing is that virtually all those sticks are kinda crummy, and what I was saying is that even though they're on the lowest end of audio, they are still an improvement over onboard chipsets. Despite ALC1200 not being so bad as other onboard chipsets, I have absolutely no faith on such contraptions.

 

How do you feel about your X-Fi HD? Is the sound colored? Software still bloated? Because it is supposed to be quite nice.

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post #20 of 25
1/14/11 at 10:45am
Thread Starter 

Hey guys, thank you for all the feedback!  I'm glad there are some users on this forum that are familiar with these products.  The poster who said above that the buzzing is reduced in speaker mode is correct - I have only really noticed on headphone mode.  It was audible for me using headphones in headphone mode when listening to quiet music, and it seemed to cause some interference with some computer game music - I noticed the latter in Starcraft 2, for example.

 

I have decided to just go back to using my onboard sound (Realtek ALC272) for now.  I appreciate the information on the Go! versus the Go! Pro, and honestly, I'm rather annoyed that Creative would brand the newer product "Pro" if it has lost functionality from the previous model, but I guess I should have done my research before buying the Go! Pro, since the Go! was also available online when I purchased.  In any case, I think that, in the future I am going to upgrade to a higher quality sound card.  I have been reading about the X-Fi HD for a little while, so I might get that one, or a comparable model by another company. 

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post #21 of 25
4/7/11 at 8:07am
Hi. unluckily I'm a user of sound blaster x-fi go pro and have same issues as other people here. Usually I listen to medium quality mp3 are no audiophile so I choose this card. I'm owner of creative xmod cart too compared them and x-fi go pro has at least for me better sound quality than xmod if only that noises in quiet songs would dissapear. Luckily about 80% of songs that I listen to are louder and not slow so most of the time I don't hear it. Didn't find solution how to 100% kill the quiet noises but you can make them like 60-70% more quiet if you turn crystalizer to 100% and play a bit with equalizer. I was testing this only on one enya song (usually don't listen to enya but she is perfect test subject for this) and discover that noises are more quiet if you slide up first slider from the right on the equalizer.
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post #22 of 25
4/7/11 at 8:17am
Guys, I think I discovered way to further eliminate the noise. If you are using windows go to audio setings and put wave slider to maximum (dfault it is on half). It made a miracle for me.

Edited by xmoduser - 4/8/11 at 5:47pm
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post #23 of 25
7/15/11 at 5:00pm

is it true it have noise

 

or you are wrong

 

is there solution to it

 

which is better to buy

 

x-fi go

 

or

 

x-fi go pro

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post #24 of 25
9/5/11 at 5:37pm

Holy crap I'm glad I found this thread...I was just about to upgrade my regular Go! to the Pro version because I had seen the Pro being labeled as 24-bit on many retailers' websites, whereas I couldn't find any info about the specs of the original Go! in terms of bitrate; I just naturally assumed that the Pro would be higher quality.  I was literally seconds away from placing an order on Amazon but decided to try a little bit more searching.  Good thing, saved myself 30 bucks.  Thanks guys!

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post #25 of 25
9/6/11 at 6:45am
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Originally Posted by murdercitydevil View Post

Holy crap I'm glad I found this thread...I was just about to upgrade my regular Go! to the Pro version because I had seen the Pro being labeled as 24-bit on many retailers' websites, whereas I couldn't find any info about the specs of the original Go! in terms of bitrate; I just naturally assumed that the Pro would be higher quality.  I was literally seconds away from placing an order on Amazon but decided to try a little bit more searching.  Good thing, saved myself 30 bucks.  Thanks guys!



It's great you didn't buy the Pro version as it is most certainly not an upgrade, feature and bug fix wise. Not that it is life changing, but the regular Go! has 24bits support while the Pro has 16bits.

 

Just keep and use your regular Go! as long as it works :)

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