I agree with George, and the sound quality on the more expensive sound cards is well worth the additional investment. I have a 24/96 Echo Mia, and it just humbles my Sound Blaster in the sound quality department.
The SB Live is nice for games though :)
John
----- Original Message ----- From: "George Pantazopoulos" themaxx@mediaone.net To: mad-user@lists.mars.org Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 9:51 AM Subject: Re: [mad-user] Audigy
Not only that, but of course you get Creative's LOVELY driversupport. They've been stringing along around us musicians for YEARS with false promises. No thanks. I am very happy with my Terratec EWX 24/96 (www.terratec.net). Also I've heard the M-Audio Audiophile 24/96 (www.m-audio.com) is an excellent card as well. I still have my Live! in
my
system, but only use it for Windows sounds, and some games. I will never buy another Creative soundcard again, I'm done with them.
George Pantazopoulos
The Audigy is NOT a 24/96 bit card. Neither does it sport the promised 100db SNR Creative labs is touting (85db with a stiff tailwind is more
like
it). It's basically a Live! on steroids. In short, save your money.
Roj