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I'm REALLY REALLY new to this and I want to get a soundcard JUST for music and I really don't care about the sound of gaming... but it'd be nice for some FPS' not to sound like dirt. Hmm... I read about 50 threads about the M-Audio Rev 7.1 and how its better for music and such, yet I also see many posts about the x-fi extreme music being the "it" thing now. My friend also told me that the crystalizer would make music go nuts. I have the z5500 and I also read that with some good speakers the crystalizer effect is unnecessary. I have a budget and its from 100 dollars and below...CANADIAN dollars.

I saw this x-fi extreme music at canadacomputers for 114.99 after rebate
http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=008511&cid=SC

But this audigy 2zs oem card seems to be relatively cheap at about 75 bucks
http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=006044&cid=SC

The M-Audio seems a bit pricey at 135
http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=003540&cid=SC

I just want to upgrade from my onboard sound... its some 5.1 onboard thingy...
Is there any kind of alternative to these with a good price to value ratio? Preferably in Canada... ahaha.... :(

Any response would be greatly appreciated. :)
 
The crystalizer can be disabled. In fact I think it is disabled by default. It is only for those with cheap speakers / headphones.

Out of all the cards you listed the X-Fi xtreme music is the best bang for you buck IMO.

I am a proud owner of own, my music sounds awesome and so do my games :)
 
hmm I guess x-fi it is! x-plosion? I've never heard of the x-plosion... should I consider it? :confused:
 
out of those three the Xfi I agree is the bang for your buck.. I mean you only have z-5500's so any good card will be fine... not worth getting any EMU0404 or anything like that specifically for music... So I would say get the X-fi.
 
ahh I see. Well I'm going to go buy it now. Thanks for all these replies. ;)
 
aZn_plyR said:
out of those three the Xfi I agree is the bang for your buck.. I mean you only have z-5500's so any good card will be fine... not worth getting any EMU0404 or anything like that specifically for music... So I would say get the X-fi.
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But emu0404 is cheaper than X-fi...although it's only stereo.
 
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