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    Hifi Super Guru Question: What is the weak link here... ?

    M-Audio Delta Audiophile 24/96. It's a pure stereo card (chinch output). If you want a surround card: M-Audio Revolution 5.1/7.1, Terratec Aureon 7.1 cards (not the 5.1 cards since they use much cheaper components) or maybe an old 6Fire 24/96 (but Terratec cards can be a pain in the ass when it...
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    Sound Blaster Zenith PCI-X?

    Of course, but to my knowledge the Audigy DSP resamples everything to 48khz for processing (btw: most onboard chips also do this or require it to be done by the driver). But the most common sample-rates in music and games are 44100hz and 22050hz which cause artefacts when being resampled to...
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    Sound Blaster Zenith PCI-X?

    ...which isn't the case when resampling 44.1khz to 48khz :(
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    Sound Blaster Zenith PCI-X?

    The Audigy can do the resampling in hardware so there isn't any noticable latency. But that's not the problem. The problem is that resampling should generally be avoided since resampling between different sample-rates always introduces resampling-artefacts (more or less hearable depending on the...
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    Sound Blaster Zenith PCI-X?

    - It depends on knowing what to listen for - Most people can't even tell a cd from a 128kbit mp3 in a direct A/B comparison. Even less will hear the difference between two soundcards in that range but at least there are some people that do. - ASIO drivers neither change the DACs nor do they...
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    Sound Blaster Zenith PCI-X?

    You can hear it if you connect the card to a real hifi system or even relatively cheap monitor speakers. I had the chance to compare an Audigy2 vs. a Terratec DMX 6fire over passive Alesis Monitor One MKII speakers ($150/pair) powered by a mid-range denon amplifier. The difference between the...
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    Sound Blaster Zenith PCI-X?

    They have... well... sorta... They don't have competition when it comes to EAX capabilities since they have patents on this technology and don't license anything newer than EAX2 to anyone. But when it comes to audio quality, Creative has always been pretty lazy. Their DACs plain suck compared...
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    Sound card Recommendation?

    If you want sound quality: Use M-Audio, Terratec (the bigger cards) or something like that If you want EAX 3/4: Use Creative
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