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Review by 'Kel Ghu' on item 'Philips Fidelio X2'
This is not the absolute best money can buy, but it is the best value amongst all existing headphones in my opinion. As always, it is a matter of taste. But this one is just exactly what I was looking for: Detailed open cans with fun and tight bass for my computer. It's not a neutral sounding...- Kel Ghu
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Creative Sound Blaster new series Z, Zx & ZxR
I got my ZxR today. I'm pretty happy with it so far. Installation was smooth for both hardware and software. Software is a bit clunky, with redundant options. So far the sound quality is very good, way better than on-board sound. It's clean, transparent and soundstage a bit wider. It's an...- Kel Ghu
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- Forum: Computer Audio
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Creative Sound Blaster new series Z, Zx & ZxR
Quote: They didn't even send us a notification email, for those of us who subscribed to it. :D- Kel Ghu
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Creative Sound Blaster new series Z, Zx & ZxR
ZxR in Europe went out of stock in a day.- Kel Ghu
- Post #246
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Creative Sound Blaster new series Z, Zx & ZxR
ZxR available in Europe: http://en.store.creative.com/sound-blaster/sound-blaster-zxr/1-21383.aspx?eventcategory=MHL&eventaction=homepage&eventlabel=SoundBlasterZxR Ordered mine- Kel Ghu
- Post #240
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Creative Sound Blaster new series Z, Zx & ZxR
Creative is recalling ZxR cards?: http://forums.creative.com/showthread.php?t=699322- Kel Ghu
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Creative Sound Blaster new series Z, Zx & ZxR
Here in Switzerland, there's a site that says 5-10 days: http://www.powerch.com/Others.1/Creative+Labs.727/70SB151000001/CREATIVE+Sound+Blaster+ZxR+PCI-Express+Sound+Card.844547.html Hope this is true...- Kel Ghu
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Creative Sound Blaster new series Z, Zx & ZxR
Newegg even released a video interview with Ryan from Creative. The guy got confused with all the technical components. It's quite funny listening to him not knowing what he was talking...- Kel Ghu
- Post #216
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Creative Sound Blaster new series Z, Zx & ZxR
Quote: It should work with headphone out too. DAC comes after sound processing and shares the same I/V stage for both headphones and line out.- Kel Ghu
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- Forum: Computer Audio
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Creative Sound Blaster new series Z, Zx & ZxR
How's music quality of the Z compared to the STX?- Kel Ghu
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Creative Sound Blaster new series Z, Zx & ZxR
Quote: Can't wait to hear your conclusions.- Kel Ghu
- Post #160
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Creative Sound Blaster new series Z, Zx & ZxR
Quote: It's been up for a little while now. Though, bad news... Release has been postponed to March: http://jp.creative.com/corporate/pressroom/releases/welcome.asp?pid=13305- Kel Ghu
- Post #158
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Creative Sound Blaster new series Z, Zx & ZxR
Quote: NJM4556 is the buffer stage of the speakers output (in place of the two LME49710 of ZxR), while JRC2114D is the I/V stage for both speakers and headphones. I guess the sample rates only applies to the front panel, as both speakers and headphones lines use CS DAC.- Kel Ghu
- Post #146
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Creative Sound Blaster new series Z, Zx & ZxR
Isn't it this way? Speaker output: DAC > JRC2114D OpAmp > JRC4556A OpAmp > Speakers Headphone output: DAC > JRC2114D OpAmp > Maxim MAX97220A Headamp > Headphones Headamp specs: http://www.maximintegrated.com/datasheet/index.mvp/id/7138?ver=F&utm_expid=50713806-2- Kel Ghu
- Post #142
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Creative Sound Blaster new series Z, Zx & ZxR
Quote: What's the new CPU you've got? Still, go in the bios and disable 2 of your cores. I can't see any difference in BF3.- Kel Ghu
- Post #136
- Forum: Computer Audio
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Creative Sound Blaster new series Z, Zx & ZxR
Quote: Sigh... I don't want to wait anymore...- Kel Ghu
- Post #134
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Creative Sound Blaster new series Z, Zx & ZxR
Quote: No. That's because the 2 main threads were running on low speed cores. After 2 threads, you get the well known diminishing returns because they have troubles loading multiple cores with calculations for graphics. It's far from being as easy as it sounds. For 1 core, your old CPU...- Kel Ghu
- Post #133
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Creative Sound Blaster new series Z, Zx & ZxR
Quote: Nothing new. They first annouced the SNR for the DACs which are 127dB and 120dB, for ZxR and Z/Zx respectively. Then the end-ouput, 120dB and 116dB.- Kel Ghu
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Creative Sound Blaster new series Z, Zx & ZxR
...for it.). Though, it doesn't make it worth enough for people to remain on older games on the long term. Community is, but it is often hindered by ******** kids. And no matter what we say, newer games will almost always steal the show. Photorealism is king in the mainstream market, which I...- Kel Ghu
- Post #124
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Creative Sound Blaster new series Z, Zx & ZxR
I wish 3D sound for games was fully rendered the way 3D graphics is. I wouldn't then mind buying a 3D sound card for $400+.- Kel Ghu
- Post #122
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Creative Sound Blaster new series Z, Zx & ZxR
Quote: You are probably amongst the few that still play older games. To me, hardware acceleration really only matters in FPS, that's where sound processing can flex its muscles. But why play BF2 over BF3? Graphics and gameplay still prevail over sound. The last older games I've played...- Kel Ghu
- Post #121
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Creative Sound Blaster new series Z, Zx & ZxR
Quote: 1) Future games are not going to be using OpenAL or DS3D, so I see no point in getting the Titanium HD. Creative still has the best non-hardware accelerated gaming features for their cards, which sadly fits today's gaming. 2) SQ-wise, ZxR has the best from both STX (Headamp)...- Kel Ghu
- Post #116
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Creative Sound Blaster new series Z, Zx & ZxR
Originally Posted by Roller -------------------------------------------------------------------------- My quote thing is messed up :( I play a lot of starcraft 2 and dota2, positional sound is very minor. I don't think it doesn't give you an edge unless you are distracted and...- Kel Ghu
- Post #94
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Creative Sound Blaster new series Z, Zx & ZxR
It's depressing to see developers abandoning OpenAL. No more true binaural 3D sound. Fortunately, only FPS is really affected... :( I don't agree here. Are you refering to CMSS-3D ability to use OpenAL and DS3D's 3D sound coordinates to create true binaural 3D sound instead of just plain flat...- Kel Ghu
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Creative Sound Blaster new series Z, Zx & ZxR
I can't find any mention of that anywhere. Game mode enables some additional EAX features, CMSS-3D... But nothing else I can find related to positional cues. And when I think about it, having 2 positional cues improvement processes running at the same time can't be good. What's is the name of...- Kel Ghu
- Post #84
- Forum: Computer Audio