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is0lized
April 21st, 2002, 19:13
i just bought Sound Blaster live today, set me back only $70, so far the sound is good and the install was easy...


I will update more on how i like it
guitarnerd
April 21st, 2002, 19:19
Does it have the break out box? or is it just the individual card? And if it does what version is it?
Giancarlo
April 21st, 2002, 19:19
I don't like being a rotten egg but I got one too but for a much lower price! But haven't got it yet... ordered it online.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=manufactory&catalog=57&manufactory=1137&DEPA=1

$32 it costs at newegg... :D

I say you got jipped.
guitarnerd
April 21st, 2002, 19:22
He may not have got ripped off, it depends on what version of it he got, If I were to just get a computer that wasn't for audio recording, just games and stuff I would get the Sb Live Audix platinum with the daughter board for midi plugs and 5.1 sound that is my favorite non-recording sound card
is0lized
April 21st, 2002, 19:23
how long would the shipping be? things online are much cheaper then stores, no idea why
Giancarlo
April 21st, 2002, 19:26
He says he got Soundblaster Live 5.1. Well that one is $32 on Newegg. The shipping wasn't that much. It is my APO address system that is backlogged right now.
guitarnerd
April 21st, 2002, 19:26
Well part of the reason why things are cheaper over the net is because, you are shopping from everywhere in the world, not just at your local retail computer store, so you are bound to find way better prices
Coolin
April 21st, 2002, 21:02
Stuff is cheaper online because they don't need fancy showrooms which cost tons of cash to maintain.
guitarnerd
April 21st, 2002, 21:28
A lot of the places I buy stuff online are actual stores so that isn't always true
is0lized
April 21st, 2002, 22:40
well price doesnt really matter, what matters is i got a new sound card which i needed bad, my other was going out all the time (with proper drivers, and i even switched to a new slot!)
guitarnerd
April 21st, 2002, 23:05
Yes we remember the other thread
stu
April 22nd, 2002, 00:15
Originally posted by Giancarlo
He says he got Soundblaster Live 5.1. Well that one is $32 on Newegg. The shipping wasn't that much. It is my APO address system that is backlogged right now. how much is international shipping to argentina? isn't it a lot?
Giancarlo
April 22nd, 2002, 07:43
Originally posted by stu
how much is international shipping to argentina? isn't it a lot?

Exactly the opposite. And it isn't international shipping. It is APO AA (Armed Forces/Embassy) shipping, which is actually cheaper. It is actually done by USPS. The price is up to about $49. Making the shipping about $17.
stu
April 22nd, 2002, 09:06
damn, you're lucky..:devious2:
trenzterra
April 22nd, 2002, 09:52
I got a pair of altec lancing speakers for 20 US bucks. Quite good.


My sister got Creative Sound Blaster Live too. Dunno what version though, costs here around $60.


Two speakers.
Bruce
April 22nd, 2002, 13:45
The Sound Blaster Live series is getting outdated. I would have at least gotten an Audigy, but that's just me.

Originally posted by Hrc
I got a pair of altec lancing speakers for 20 US bucks. Quite good.They may sound good for $20 speakers, but the only good sounding pc speakers I've ever heard were the ProMedia series from Klipsch.
guitarnerd
April 22nd, 2002, 13:58
If we are talking about quality sound my sound card is 24bit 96khz 1/4 plugs not 1/8'' to my mixer, into a studio power amp, out into a set of $200 studio monitors.
The Sb Lives sound fine I don't know many people that have a need for anything more than 16bit 44.1khz quality. Anyway. So for quality sound the last thing you want is a Creative labs card. M-audio is probably going to be your best bet, for quality.
is0lized
April 22nd, 2002, 14:14
i love my speakers they are labtec

http://www.labtec.com/noflash/gear/speakers_pulse.cfm

mine is the one with the circle arroun dit, since i got em over a year ago its not a ''new'' product and its ''outdated''
Giancarlo
April 22nd, 2002, 16:57
The Soundblaster Live 5.1 I just got today in the mail works fine... I don't need the audigy, just isn't necessary for my purposes. I just listen to music. I don't make sound files and stuff. Hardly outdated to me.

I got a Labtec LCS-2514 4.1 Solution.

http://www.lemcomputers.com/lcs-2514.htm
trenzterra
April 22nd, 2002, 21:16
Originally posted by Bruce
but the only good sounding pc speakers I've ever heard were the ProMedia series from Klipsch. How much do they cost?


Anyway I don't really give a ---- about sound, if you care about sound, why don't you get a hi-fi? :D
guitarnerd
April 22nd, 2002, 21:20
Klipsch speakers can go all the way up to like $400 in my opinion they are what people buy who don't know much about sound but want good quality
Bruce
April 22nd, 2002, 21:24
Klipsch speakers sound amazing and the quality is superb. You cannot find a better pc speaker system on the market.