[BillyHOEZ]

Hey everyone....i currently have a soundblaster audigy 2 soundcard....(i know...i think i fell into the hype haha....these cards i think are okay....but not worth the price they retail for...)anyhow....just wondering if there are audiophile grade soundcards out there for the PC that can knock the socks off these audigy 2s. thanks!



current setup:
audigy 2 soundcard
better cables silver serpent audio interconnects
creek obh 11 amp w/ obh2 powersupply
Grado RS1 cans

 

[dustinyo]

the Favorite here seems to be the M-Audio Revolution 7.1

it can be had for less than $100, it's not very good for games however, won't play DVD-A right now, though it's capable, you'll have to buy software in the future to play it, and the drivers are still young and buggy.

i might reccomend getting the latest drivers from creative, and follow what dd3mon says in this thread, about halfway down.

http://www4.head-fi.org/forums/showt...ht=hiss+audigy

i'd keep the audigy for now, until a lot of these issues are fixed with the Revo. i had one, and it was so buggy and unworkable that i sold it. hopefully they fix it because it sounds awesome when it works.

you might also want to give the kX project drivers a try.

http://kxproject.spb.ru/index.php?skip=1

you will lose a lot of functions on the card, especially with gaming, but they sound great if you can figure out how to use them.

 

[lan]

If your intention is to listen to music from analogue out, then the Revo doesn't have a bug there that I'm aware of.

Gaming is only slower when you run it with 3D sound. Stereo it's the same performance as other cards.

Movies and recording had issues before. Some issues with movies have been resolved. I'm not sure about recording via line-in though.

 

[MagusG]

Could a mod move this to the source forum?

 

[midson]

Does anyone have any experience with audiotrak's maya line of soundcards? They look pretty good and some come with RCA ins and outs.. http://www.audiotrak.net/

 

[HaTHor]

i just LOVE my Hercules Game Theater XP

here are some pics of it.. i coudln't attach it for some reason

its got like every I/O imaginable. and sounds nice. There aren't any outputs on the card itself. It has one jack thats pretty big. and it goes into this box. that does everything


http://home.cogeco.ca/~hathor.lan/DSC00259.jpg - the box itself

http://home.cogeco.ca/~hathor.lan/DSC00261.jpg - the front right

http://home.cogeco.ca/~hathor.lan/DSC00263.jpg - front left (got my 1/4 to mini converter in there )

http://home.cogeco.ca/~hathor.lan/DSC00264.jpg - the back

http://home.cogeco.ca/~hathor.lan/DSC00265.jpg - back left

http://home.cogeco.ca/~hathor.lan/DSC00266.jpg - that computer jack is where the cord that attaches itself to the computer comes in + more usb ports

http://home.cogeco.ca/~hathor.lan/DSC00267.jpg - digital and optical + midi

 

[XtremeD]

This is my suggestion:

Keep Audigy2 because of its gaming speed --> very noticeable in every new game like Unreal2, GTA3, Matrix where EAXHD is used.

Wait for the upcoming Audigy3 to coincide with the Half-Life2 launch around September. It'll have EAX-X new version of EAX, much faster processing time and they've learnt from their mistakes of cheap DACs.

Gaming is my life so thats why Audigy2 is my only option. I want the best framerates etc. and the Revolution 7.1 is an insult to my benchmarks.

 

[fappar]

all i have to say (besides, "way to post in the right forum!!!!") is **** creative labs. way too overpriced for their own good, and they have a history of ****ty drivers (audigy 2 has nice drivers, though)



oh, and TBSC kicks ass

 

[neggy]

where can i buy an m audio revolution? Also do you think that the grado sr325 will sound find off it, meaning it wont require an amp to get really good sound?

 

[lan]

you can get the soundcard here:

https://www.dcpuraty.com/store/Produ...tCode=MAREVO71

Most soundcards have weak outs so I don't know if the SR325s will be fine off it.

 

[HaTHor]

Hercules Game Theater.. !!!

 

[fappar]

Quote:

Originally posted by neggy where can i buy an m audio revolution? Also do you think that the grado sr325 will sound find off it, meaning it wont require an amp to get really good sound?

best buy... they were really cheap a couple of weeks ago ago. just $100 now, i think.



buy an amp no matter what. it helps

 

[fLiPaChu]

audigy power! haha.

flip

 

[chrono]

I've got the M-Audio Delta 44, and it's amazing.

It is meant more for recording purposes , but non-the-less, the audio quality is uncanny.