[NEO701]

Hello everyone,
 
I just got an Edifier S550 to replace my old Creative Inspire 5200.
 
I have Creative X-Fi Titanium PCI-E to drive the S550.
 
I installed the speakers and I am disappointed as I did not find much difference as expected from the age old Creative 5200 !! either from clarity or loudness side.
 
I thought that S550 should be miles better than the old 5200 !!
 
So is this card good enough for the S550 or should I get another card ?
 
Or maybe I am doing something wrong.
 
Thoughts....?

 

[PurpleAngel]

  I just got an Edifier S550 to replace my old Creative Inspire 5200.
I have Creative X-Fi Titanium PCI-E to drive the S550.
I installed the speakers and I am disappointed as I did not find much difference as expected from the age old Creative 5200 !! either from clarity or loudness side.
I thought that S550 should be miles better than the old 5200 !!
So is this card good enough for the S550 or should I get another card ?
Or maybe I am doing something wrong.
Thoughts....?

 
Assuming you disabled the motherboard's on-board audio, in the BIOS, before installing the Titanium sound card or the software?
Assuming your using the Creative Titanium (non-HD) PCI-E sound card?
You might consider posting this issue on the Sound blaster forum, might get some good advice on the card's settings.
http://forums.creative.com/forumdisplay.php?f=6
 
You might consider swapping out the Titanium for the newer SB-Z, as the SB-Z comes with a better DAC chip.

 

[NEO701]

   
Assuming you disabled the motherboard's on-board audio, in the BIOS, before installing the Titanium sound card or the software?
Assuming your using the Creative Titanium (non-HD) PCI-E sound card?
You might consider posting this issue on the Sound blaster forum, might get some good advice on the card's settings.
http://forums.creative.com/forumdisplay.php?f=6
 
You might consider swapping out the Titanium for the newer SB-Z, as the SB-Z comes with a better DAC chip.

Yes I already disabled the on-board audio from BIOS,
Yes I am using non-HD PCI-E Titanium card.
I don't think there is any problem with card settings as I am using it for long time now and I am familiar with its settings.
All I did is swapping the old 5200 with the new S550 and the card should be enough for both, subsequently I should notice a -lot- better performance (sound clarity and loudness) immediately by the S550, but unfortunately this is not the case !

 

[NEO701]

So,
 
Any thoughts or experiences from Edifier S550 and Creative SB Titanium PCI-E users ?