Night_Hawk-19
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Hyped up alot then nothing since last year. Seems only one is EVGA NU is only one. I hate long waits and hype for no shows.
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This was posted in May:
I assume this is the AE9 and another HD card.
I would get it just for my speakers there is only so much you can do to make the sound better for headphones for games. Once you get some audiophile headphones for gaming instead of gaming headphones.
That wouldn't be a bad price if Creative had chosen to house the amp section in the breakout box, but everything I've read suggests it's simply a control hub and the amplifier is on the card itself. They could have pulled in the high-end "audiophile" crowd they are targeting had they gone the logical course and made the amplifier external, but as it is there's no reason for people who already have external DACs and amps to even consider this unless they desperately need another thing that flashes colored lights in their case.
I really just don't give a shit about the quality of my microphone input. As long as people can hear me for voice chat that's all I care about.
They can certainly be bad enough to matter, but most aren't, and generally the only time one should really care about microphone input is with non-USB/Bluetooth headsets. If you want better, you can get some form of USB desk mic, even mounting it on an arm and adding filters and the like. The AE9 is a step beyond that into absurdity for most gamers that would otherwise be interested in premium audio.
Obviously then the AE9 is targeting streamers who might want to use professional microphones but not necessarily balanced headphones which they may know nothing about. It's not like you can get gaming headsets that have four-pin XLR for the headphone connection, but cheap(er) pro mics are certainly within reach and are themselves a known quantity.
Given the price (lol), I can't see much interest even among streamers except to review the unit. Given the wide availability of high-quality DACs and headphone amps, especially unbalanced, and the availability of audio interfaces that can deal with mics, I don't see any recommendations outside of those that really do want an all-in-one unit.
And that's before sound quality, driver stability, and software come into play.
YesDo you think a RCA to AUX adapter would work for my speakers with this card?
Their new 'official' forums are on reddit @ https://www.reddit.com/r/SoundBlasterOfficial/There are no Creative forums I had them confused for the EVGA forums for some reason they were hacked in 2018 and never brought back to life.
No evidence if its better sounding then a Ae5.
Yeah I hope Z-Reviews does a review I mean he reviews basically everything.
For the price it's in full blown DAC/AMP box territory. Further, there is nothing on the software side that creative is offering here that makes the purchase worth it. You can get Dolby Atmos, soon DTS, or a number of other quality headphone virtual surround solutions and pair them with a quality DAC/AMP like the Jotunheim instead.
That's not a bad comparison- but really, just getting a clean headphone DAC/Amp is pretty straightforward. You could go discrete with a Magni/Modi stack for less or a JDS Labs Element for the same price as the AE9, with many other options between including balanced options and tube options (and both).
What Creative is adding with the external module does have some utility above those; the integrated unit with volume control is certainly useful, and the mic input provide support that you just do not see in the audiophile side; many of the options that include mic input are sub-par. Mayflower Arc, for example.
So if well-implemented, I can absolutely see the AE9 having utility at its price. Just not the same utility that audiophiles are looking for .
He only unboxed it, he has no clue himself.The guy with the video above said with a blind test people can't tell the difference between a AE-5 and a AE-9.
A sucker is born every minute.. How many of those people will be using the balanced microphone input?
Yeah basically the only time I used a mic in games was with Left for Dead 2 a long time ago.
More recently was Hunt Showdown but that was short lived.
Glad I bought the AE-5. Not many frills and It's much cheaper. 7.1 surround headphones setting with some of the game presets is great. There's little to no need to tinker.The guy with the video above said with a blind test people can't tell the difference between a AE-5 and a AE-9.