Which card, Prelude or Xonar?

[nas82]

I'm torn between these two cards, give me a reason to choose one over the other.

I will be going through optical into my receiver.

So which?

 

[Kryogen]

prelude, has X-FI. EAX 5.0
Best quality opamps and DACS, and capacitors.

IMHO the prelude is the best of both worlds.
Prolly going to buy one.

 

[Xeth]

Has anyone bought the Xonar D2 or tried one? I'm trying to decide between that and the prelude myself. Is Dolby Headphones as good as CMSS 3D for headphone positional audio?

 

[nas82]

Well I ordered the Prelude.

We'll see how it goes when it gets here!

 

[Moogle Stiltzkin]

The Xonar is using an Oxygen chip ( same old. It's pretty much like an Auzentech Meridian to sum it up ).

XFI Prelude is using Creative's XFI chip ( it's a combination of a Creative XFI and Meridian sound card )