Hardware Review: Audiotrak Prodigy 7.1 HiFi - Page 3

durwood · 01-20-2007, 11:35 AM

Kapt-

After looking at the control panel pic you posted for the XT, I can see it's exactly the same for the Prodigy Hifi from what I can tell.

Iceman_jkh · 01-21-2007, 02:04 AM

Looks very similar to the Prodgy 7.1LT as well. A few changes seem only cosmetic. Whats the highest ASIO latency that is available on your control panels? The prodigy 7.1LT is 1024.

kaptenmlaar · 01-21-2007, 12:27 PM

yes it looks similar to prodigy 7.1 control panel too.

btw, the prodigy 7.1 hifi is different with the onkyo se-200 sound card. it has different layout and (a little?) different components

the prodigy 7.1 hifi is very very similar to Comrade 7.1 Hifi sound card. (the comrade is cheaper and using the original via driver i think.. so no ASIO support..?)

here is the link:
http://www.dbfolder.com/products/ite...pe=desc&page=1

http://sound.zol.com.cn/26/269860.html

durwood · 01-22-2007, 06:56 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Iceman_jkh

Looks very similar to the Prodgy 7.1LT as well. A few changes seem only cosmetic. Whats the highest ASIO latency that is available on your control panels? The prodigy 7.1LT is 1024.

It's the same on both, 1024.

Iceman_jkh · 01-22-2007, 07:07 AM

I'm thinking of upgrading my 7.1LT, but I wont bother if I'm not going to get a large gain from it.

I'm quite happy with the low profile and quite good sound offered by the LT at the moment.

kaptenmlaar · 01-24-2007, 01:36 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Iceman_jkh

I'm thinking of upgrading my 7.1LT, but I wont bother if I'm not going to get a large gain from it.

I'm quite happy with the low profile and quite good sound offered by the LT at the moment.

if you look for low profile card, than you should try onkyo se-90pci or prodigy hd2.

i'm sure this card better than 7.1LT card..

sivart321 · 01-24-2007, 02:32 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Iceman_jkh

I'm thinking of upgrading my 7.1LT, but I wont bother if I'm not going to get a large gain from it.

I'm quite happy with the low profile and quite good sound offered by the LT at the moment.

I agree, however, I am still having issues with hibernation inside of Centrafuse. I would hope these other cards would have those bugs fixed, but its hard to know without someone confirming.

Also, Kapt, on the two cards you just listed, it looks like only the HD2 has a line input, and both are only 2 channels. I guess this means I wont be able to control my sub seperately? I tend to tone it down sometimes with certain music that I listen to.

durwood · 01-24-2007, 02:43 PM

I didn't forget about testing it for you in centrafuse. i tried but was running into problems with .net on my test computer. It's still on my list to test.

sivart321 · 01-24-2007, 02:58 PM

No worries, I really had only hoped you'd do it... no expecations what so ever. I appreciate it though! Thanks!

kaptenmlaar · 01-24-2007, 09:34 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by sivart321

I agree, however, I am still having issues with hibernation inside of Centrafuse. I would hope these other cards would have those bugs fixed, but its hard to know without someone confirming.

Also, Kapt, on the two cards you just listed, it looks like only the HD2 has a line input, and both are only 2 channels. I guess this means I wont be able to control my sub seperately? I tend to tone it down sometimes with certain music that I listen to.

yes its a stereo card

, but if you have a digital connection (coax/optical) you can use 5.1 channel

durwood · 02-12-2007, 06:37 AM

Something tells me that anyone that wants this card is going to suffer. I cannot confirm anything, but it seems ESI or EGO ssytems that owns Audiotrak is not providing any updates and most of their products are not available on their websites. Get them while they are availalbe still here:

http://www.dbsys.de/webshop/product_...9851ae0a54ee43

What is strange is the that the link Kap posted shows a very identical product called the Comrade 7.1 Hifi.

http://sound.zol.com.cn/26/269860.html

The nice thing about that card is that they added jumpers to boost the output voltages by 3dB. No ASIO support, but I wonder if there is anyway to flash the card or use the Audiotrak drivers.

On another note I updated the opamps to the OPA2107 and wow, I must say with these opamps it blows the my Audigy card out of the water. Amazing!

Sebl · 02-18-2007, 08:42 AM

Hey,

do you think i can use this card for my Sennheiser HD595 Headphones or will there be problems because of the low output-voltage?? I dont want to buy an additional amplifier right now ....

thanks

durwood · 02-18-2007, 06:36 PM

Actually it has a dedicated headphone output feature in the driver control panel. It locks the output for better use for headphones. I have a pair of Sony MDR-V700 DJ headphones that can accept up to 3W and they are plenty loud. I can't even tell a difference between this card and an Audigy with 2V output as far as volume goes.

I hope you can find one of these cards, since they are difficult to locate. The are available from a European/German website.

Sebl · 02-18-2007, 08:46 PM

That's where I'm from and that explains my skills in English

Well, I still try to decide between a Maya44 and the Prodigy, because I need it mainly for stereo. How did you connect your headphones with the Prodigy?
Thanks for your help.

durwood · 02-19-2007, 07:55 AM

Your English is pretty good.

One of the outputs can be routed in the Prodigy control panel as a headphone output. I conencted them directly to that 3.5mm output. If you don't need multiple channels maybe you should look at the prodigy HD2. you will have to look at this website. www.audiotrak.jp (Use Google to translate).

Or consider a USB Headphone DAC if you only need it for headphones.