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GoldenTiger said:Man... I'm really thinking I should finally get out of the stone age of onboard audio (especially since I use Sennheiser HD 485's!!!!), but I just dumped tons of money into switching to Conroe! Need... guidance... is the X-Fi REALLY all that and a bag of chips relatively to a non-audiophile who can tell the difference between cruddy and good at least?
texuspete00 said:Shouldnt surf the web drunk. Well, I bit. Coming from an A2ZS. Sounds fun.
stag3 said:so u dont think it would be worth the 80 bucks upgradE?
I upgraded from an old SB Live! 5.1 to an X-Fi platinum a couple months back, and it definitely was a HUGE upgrade. Gaming especially - the Live doesn't even come close.garrettgjb said:I have a sound blaster live, is it worth it to upgrade? I got my sound blaster live for 15 dolars at staples like 3 years ago. Haha.
EDIT: Saw this in the reviews.
Other Thoughts: if you have a sb live or audigy card you shouldnt have to get this card as i didnt hear any difference.
Get off realtek dude. A sound card will give better performance + you won't ever want to go back to onboard after you try a card.Azkarr said:Still too expensive for me. Will have to stick to Realtek's audio for a while longer...
lozaning said:dont see how this is that hot of a deal, didnt compusa or best buy have these for aournd 70 last week?
Monkey_feces said:Get off realtek dude. A sound card will give better performance + you won't ever want to go back to onboard after you try a card.
I think it's worth the extra money for a platinum version. Even if you don't use all the ports, the headphone jack is really convenient. It's pretty nifty having everything change to headphone mode and its sound quality is better than making your own front panel cable or using an audio splitter. At least in my opinion, it sounds a little better than directly plugging into your sound card. This could be due to the small amp in the headphone jack, however, I'm not sure if it is true.
Monkey_feces said:I think it's worth the extra money for a platinum version. Even if you don't use all the ports, the headphone jack is really convenient. It's pretty nifty having everything change to headphone mode and its sound quality is better than making your own front panel cable or using an audio splitter. At least in my opinion, it sounds a little better than directly plugging into your sound card. This could be due to the small amp in the headphone jack, however, I'm not sure if it is true.
Can you tell me your source? I'm sure its not my imagination.Backslash said:Personally, I'm putting the money saved by buying the XtremeMusic instead of Platinum into a cheap headphone amp (PA2V2). I feel this is the better investment because I use headphones exclusively and don't have any speakers.
And also, the front panel jacks sounding better must be your imagination, since the op-amps in the front panel are a lower quality than the ones on the card... >_>
Monkey_feces said:Can you tell me your source? I'm sure its not my imagination.