Auzentech X-Fi Prelude Released

[Fiziks]

I've been waiting on this for a little while. I game alot and still want to be able to hear my music so (hopefully) it'll be the best of both worlds. I'm gonna order it tomorrow, I'll post back when I test it out :]

http://www.auzentech.com/site/products/x-fi_prelude.php

 

[PeterDLai]

Ah this thing looks pretty nice. Too bad I primarily use a laptop.

 

[mojo]

Any info on what the drivers are like?

 

[hakuryuu]

the drivers, as far as I know, are still written by Creative. A cause for concern to be sure, though the specs on it are almost worth putting up with the drivers.

 

[paulb09]

If this bashes Creative's X-Fi series over the head in sound quality, it'll be mighty tempting.

 

[badmonkey]

All early adopters of the Prelude are hereby instructed to provide reviews ASAP!

(What are you upgrading from Fiziks?)

 

[Fiziks]

it should be in my sig, not sure why it did not work on the OP post


I can put up with the creative drivers because I have dealt with them alot over time and can usually choke-hold or pin them into a corner where they will do what I ask :]

 

[analogbox]

I'm very interested in this one, too. My audigy 2 card died on me a few month ago and ever since I've been using crappy on board sound ports. I thought about picking up an emu0404 but they don't have any gaming features. I wonder how it'll sound compared to 0404. Let's just hope that there's no shortage as I see a great demand across the web for this card.

 

[spacemanspliff]

meh. it is the same price as my fatality + PS audio superlink II dac. I'll put money on my sound being better lol.

 

[Him]

Quote:

Originally Posted by spacemanspliff /img/forum/go_quote.gif meh. it is the same price as my fatality + PS audio superlink II dac. I'll put money on my sound being better lol.

I highly doubt that.

 

[dagobah]

I'm waiting for some impressions of the drivers before I jump on this.

 

[Joshatdot]

*waits for reviews*

 

[paulb09]

This could be interesting I guess:
Quote:

Swappable OPAMP Socket (Front L/R only) OPAMP IC can be easily replaced with another one. The swappable dual DIP type Operational Amplifier(OPAMP) provides convenient do-it-yourself upgrade for ultimate analog sound quality and color.

 

[Bizzel]

Does it upsample to 48khz like Creative's X-Fi-based cards or do the digital outputs provide 44.1?

 

[LawnGnome]

Quote:

Originally Posted by dagobah /img/forum/go_quote.gif I'm waiting for some impressions of the drivers before I jump on this.

They use the same drivers as the creative x-fi series.