Sound Card
http://www.auzentech.com/site/products/x-plosion_cinema.php I just found this card at the CompUSA across the street from my work. It looks like a good card and I just started doing some reading on it and it seems fairly decent. I am trying to not buy another Creative sound card just because but the main thing I am looking for is an optical port. Thoughts, suggestions, has anyone ever used this card before.
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never had alot of experience with that brand but here is a link to it on newegg, Check out some customer reviews, I personally like M-Audia but Heck whatdo i know i still run a audigy 2 ! But i do know one thing the razor card BLOWS
Auzentech is a great company.
Just please don't get a killer soundcard and have it drive crappy speakers. That is such an injustice.
The only thing I dislike about the xonar is its price. But you get what you pay for I guess. It'll do the games and the other stuff and sound just fine at it all. I would encourage you to listen to the soundcards though. They do have different sounds. Some cards are more 'sterile' sounding and others have a bit of warmth to them. It depends on what tone you favor.
The X-Fi is a heaping pile of ****. I'd take integrated over it.
The reviews you read were old.
But anyway, I'll be a shill again for the Ht omega striker. Just because I own it myself and can attest to its quality. And there are more to audio components to numbers. Hell, the X-Fi looks good on paper and sounds like **** in the real world.
Brands I like are:
HT Omega
Auzentech
Asus (though I haven't heard it personally)
Though, I only have 2.1 because I feel that anything more ruins good music. So I don't use any of the fancy dancy crap on the sound card. I have all the dsp's turned off aside from the parametric eq.