Audigy Madness

kevin300z · 06-18-2005, 03:57 PM

Ok I've been reading through the forums and reading up on all the sound cards and narrowed it down to:Audigy2 ZS PCMCIA, Audigy 2 NX, Audigy Extigy hooked up to a lapotop. At first I am going to be using analog out to a 4.1 setup. Later on down the road I might upgrade to 5.1. I also might upgrade after that to a sound processor like the alpine PXA-H701. Why would I choose one card over the other that I have listed?

therussman2002 · 06-19-2005, 05:31 PM

i had all kinds of problems with using standby and the two creative USB cards... im using the pcmcia now, but i havnt done much in the way of using/testing it yet... i'm hoping for the best, but fearing sound quality

RedGTiVR6 · 06-19-2005, 06:10 PM

per SQ, I've posted it before and I'll post it again...I head all of these complaints about SQ problems with the Audigy....yet I haven't had a single problem or complaint with mine...and I've won a few SQ shows and a best of show while running mine...

I'm running the PCMCIA card for it's optical out to the alpine that you mentioned....I've been told by a few judges already that I should have no problems winning world finals in my class and would probably out score 80-90% of those in the class above me....which is a pro class...

take it for face value....I'm just voicing my experiences....

kevin300z · 06-19-2005, 11:29 PM

Red GTi VR6, you using toslink to 1/8"? If so where did you get it?

RedGTiVR6 · 06-19-2005, 11:47 PM

1/8" to tos-link into alpine processor...yes

http://www.trianglecables.com/toslin...to-3-5mm-.html

for one...=]

Hark · 06-20-2005, 09:47 PM

I'm using the Audigy ZS Notebook and am very pleased with the sound quality - no problems using it with my laptop in/out of standby mode.

kevin300z · 06-21-2005, 10:26 PM

Red GTi VR6, how much of a difference did you notice before and after your PXA-H701? Isn't everyone downsampling their audio since their soundcard does 24/96 but the rest of their system doesn't?