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    Auzen X-Fi Prelude spec

    Sockets have always strongly electrically capacitively effects. Very bad characteristic for high signal quality. If you which to reach would like, then you must solder the OpAmp. The Auzentech cards are "pimp it easy" cards. Pimp it without knowledge of soldering.
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    Auzen X-Fi Prelude spec

    :confused: Usefull? It is a "pimp my soundcard" feature. Electrically usefull is if the manufacturer soldered tidy opamps.
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    Auzen X-Fi Prelude spec

    Yes and that everything with measured, if the signal quality is measured. And nope. A badly measured signal quality cannot become by magic a good signal quality. There are always subjective ears, which hear a good sound quality in a bad signal quality. We can discuss about ears, not about...
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    Auzen X-Fi Prelude spec

    We had this discussion already times. A good signal quality is to be given as exactly as possible the original again. In addition e.g. also as high a SNR as possible belongs. Under others. There is not at all subjective at the signal quality. None hear with CD, no warmly none coldly. A soundcard...
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    Auzen X-Fi Prelude spec

    Rubbish. Forums blabla. Signal quality can be measured. Show me only one measuring series in some AK4396 sound card is better than a CS4398 card. The CS4398 is already better on the paper. In practice also. Therefore also more than the AK4396 costs.
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    Auzen X-Fi Prelude spec

    The AKM4396 DAC is bit little cheaper and more simply than the CS4398 on the X-Fi ELITE pro. My prognosis. The Prelude does not reach the signal quality of the elite pro.
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    Auzentech X-Fi Prelude

    Dolby Digital Live not DTSi. "Support for Dolby® Digital Live real time encoding for Vista is scheduled for Q4 of this year" So many questions. Why only DDL and not DTSi? (CL has so far no DDL license, but a DTSi Implementation (with a Sharc DSP from AD)) From where does the license...
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    Auzentech X-Fi Prelude

    CL CMSS-3D and CL EAX 5.0. By the way Will an additional cheap CMI8768+ on the soundcard be obstructed to come favourably to the Dolby Digital live licence?
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    Anyone have the Razer Barracuda AC-1? What about AC-1 vs the x-fi?

    The best Review of the AC-1. (generally of a CMI8788 sound card) Unfortunately, still in in Russian, but translateable. http://www.ixbt.com/multimedia/razer-barracuda-ac1.shtml...
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    Vista and EAX DS3D. ALchemy!

    Hardware mixing and effect processing.
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    Vista and EAX DS3D. ALchemy!

    Battle for Middle Earth 2 Call Of Duty Call Of Duty 2 Diablo 2 Everquest 2 F.E.A.R Full Spectrum Warrior Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers Guild Wars GTA San Andreas Hitman Blood Money Max Payne 2 Medieval II: Total War Neverwinter Nights Neverwinter Nights 2 No One Lives Forever...
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    Vista and EAX DS3D. ALchemy!

    ALchemy the Vista X-FI EAX/DS3D Wrapper. http://preview.creativelabs.com/alchemy/Downloads/Creative%20ALchemy.zip http://preview.creativelabs.com/alchemy/default.aspx
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    Mini-Review of the Razer Baracuda AC-1...

    Analogous? DDL and DTSi are always limited on max. 16Bit 48kHz and additional compression losses.
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    Do your X-Fi Drivers work?

    The drivers and the card works here absolutely without problem.
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    Auzentech XMeridian is finally out!

    har, har. Driver Heaven have tested 5 soundadapters till now. Auzentech Auzen X-MERIDIAN 7.1 Soundcard by Veridian3 on 07/01/2007 -------------------------------------------- Behringer FCA202 Firewire Audio Interface by dj_stick on 19/10/2006 - FW DAC...
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    first PCIe consumer soundcard

    This card named X-FI Xtreme Audio. The name Xtreme Audio indicate that it is not a full X- Fi.
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    first PCIe consumer soundcard

    first PCIe consumer soundcard http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2007/0111/ces12.htm
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    Please recommend OpenAL Sound Card for Vista

    ? ALchemy the DirectSound3D and DS3D EAX Wrapper works with the Audigy and the X-Fi. Your Audigy 2 support full OpenAL and EAX in Vista and after release ALchemy in DS3D games too. http://preview.creativelabs.com/alchemy/default.aspx
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    Auzentech XMeridian is finally out!

    Guru3D? Recordingcard? If Guru3D has used a Recordingcard, then the qualities are worse than that one of the X Fi, or the X-Meridan. The results are more worse than those of the singleses tests. (The SB0550 X-Fi was not tested in the Guru3d review). The results (in the test above) of the X Fi...
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    Auzentech XMeridian is finally out!

    I think the frequency response of the X-Fi SB046x (+0.02, -0.08dB) and X-Fi SB0550(+0.01, -0.07 dB) is also considerable better(more original) than the X-Meridian (+0.04, -0.09dB) . X-Fi SB046x & X-Fi SB0550 http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/multimedia/creative-x-fi.html X-Meridian...
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    Auzentech XMeridian is finally out!

    Yes it's louder at the same attitude of the sound system. The X-Meridian used excessive higher signal level. The reference system of this card is diffrent. (the sound systems interprets this with higher loudness). (and many people interprets more loudness, with better sound). But it is the...
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    Auzentech XMeridian is finally out!

    Nope. Loudness is a quality of sound. After the speaker. Loudness or Volume are not a function of a signal. A signal has an amplitude. These are quite different things. The amplitude is a magnitude of a oscillation. The amplitude is always realtiv to its reference system.
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    Auzentech XMeridian is finally out!

    Yes. More information of the original signal. You misunderstand it as a volume. Noise is always a condition without information. Higher SNR, less noise, more information of the original signal. Very simple.
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    Auzentech XMeridian is finally out!

    No, it is completely wrong. SNR describes the proximity to the original. (one of many criterions) It cannot be compared with the "contrast ratio". In a analogy. At the analogous TV would describe the SNR the quantity of the picture visual noise Less visual noise, higher SNR, better...
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    Auzentech XMeridian is finally out!

    or 249€ http://www.alternate.de//html/shop/productDetails.html?artno=KK%23C65&artno=KK%23C65&
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    DACs on the X-Fi Elite Pro, how much better?

    In each case more better than SB046x/0730 X-FIs. And external DACs... The X-Fi Elite Pro comes with an external DAC. :) Honestly. There is external DAC with better signal quality, but there is however also a large quantity with worse quality. Signal quality is measurable and not...
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    Theatron DTS (with C-Media 8788) - Lots of pictures (56k beware)

    The Club3D TDTS uses the same DACs. The AK4396. The AK4396 is also the standart DAC by CMedia for the reference design for CMI978x soundcards. All CMI8788 and CMI8787 soundcards used this DAC.
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    Theatron DTS (with C-Media 8788) - Lots of pictures (56k beware)

    The Club3D THDTS uses the same 24Bit/192kHz DACs as the X-Meridian, or the AC-1, or the b-Enspirer.
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    Theatron DTS (with C-Media 8788) - Lots of pictures (56k beware)

    a soundcard is a player. It is not an instrument, an not a amplifier to drive speakers. It is a player. And player quality measurably. This must be as orignal as possible. The X-Meridian is the soundcard with the worst sound quality, which I saw lately. A marketing product with fat...
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    DACs on the X-Fi Elite Pro, how much better?

    The CS4398 is used by many HiFi Components (Onkyo, Marantz, etc). Or for Audio mastering soundcards like the EMU-1802M or EMU-1212M. It is a 2 Channel DAC. The X-Fi Elite Pro uses four pieces of this DACs. But that is not the only difference of the X-Fi Elite Pro. This card uses a...
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    Theatron DTS (with C-Media 8788) - Lots of pictures (56k beware)

    Nope. Dolby Digital and DTS are for sound transportation and not for "sound improvement". Both formats can replay more than 17kHz.
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    Theatron DTS (with C-Media 8788) - Lots of pictures (56k beware)

    An external DAC? This is a wide spectrum in price and quality. The Elite Pro is high end. A better external DAC is correctly expensive. :rolleyes: 192kHz records with a ugly signal quality and insufficient effects. The X-Meridian is not a good analogue soundcard and not a effective...
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    Theatron DTS (with C-Media 8788) - Lots of pictures (56k beware)

    This is massiv dependently on the used headphone. Badly comparably. The signal quality of the output for active component (wireless headphones, soundsets, receivers, etc.) is simply measurably, because the output operates without electrical consumption. The output for dynamic passive...
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    Theatron DTS (with C-Media 8788) - Lots of pictures (56k beware)

    The headphone amplifier does not only effect on the volume. It affects substantial the sound. Higher possible volumes and greater audio clarity. Into russian I could explain it to you (sorry).. But the headphone is a passiv component, that need an adapted driver amplifier. This is not comparably...
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    Theatron DTS (with C-Media 8788) - Lots of pictures (56k beware)

    A headphone is a passiv component. Your X-Meridian has an headphone amplifier. Your X-Fi Xtreme Music has none (This card can only maximal drive(not so well) headphones with extreme lower impedance (CT HP with 20-30Ohm impedance). The Elite Pro has an headphone amplifier.
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    Theatron DTS (with C-Media 8788) - Lots of pictures (56k beware)

    On Logitech Value speakers? :cool: The signal quality of the X-fi is better (on Elite Pro much better). Why do you think that the X-Meridian sounds better? The output level of the X-Meridian is higher. The output is louder.
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    Theatron DTS (with C-Media 8788) - Lots of pictures (56k beware)

    You will find manufacturer data only on manufacturer sides and my second link is not a creative tech site.
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    Theatron DTS (with C-Media 8788) - Lots of pictures (56k beware)

    Nope. A resampler is the condition for dynamic soundprocessing. (on the CMedia cards resamples the CPU based kernel mixer.) only, the 44.1kHz to 48kHz resampling is one of the most difficult tasks. We can compare the resampling results of the CMedia CMI8788 based systems, with the X-fi...
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    Theatron DTS (with C-Media 8788) - Lots of pictures (56k beware)

    Jep. But extremtech does not understand the EMU20k1. This DSP used 4096 channels. Each channel has the bandwith of 32Bit 48kHz. This is a internal process and not a output thing. The EMU20k1 can naturally handle full 192kHz (channel bundling, 4 internal channels) Samples with full featureset...
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    Theatron DTS (with C-Media 8788) - Lots of pictures (56k beware)

    :confused: Your statement is not located in the extremetech link! by the way, it's wrong. The EMU20k1 process up to 32Bit/192kHz effects native. This is a fact. Look in the EMU20k1 specs. It concerns in the extremetech article exclusive the comparison 44,1kHz between 48kHz (The most...
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