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Daniel
November 5th, 2002, 22:40
Which one?
dawizman
November 5th, 2002, 23:32
SB live!!
Bruce
November 6th, 2002, 14:45
Definatley teh Muse XL.
Daniel
November 6th, 2002, 15:19
The OEM version of SB Livecosts $106 CAD and the Muse XL cost $56 CAD.

Being on a budget I am, I bought the Muse XL. It's works like a dream. :)
sonichost.net
November 6th, 2002, 18:12
SB Live!

After using the SB Live 5.1 and SB Live Value! series I would never buy anything else.

If Creative makes it, it's bound to be worth the $$. ;)
Bruce
November 6th, 2002, 18:53
Originally posted by sonichost.net
If Creative makes it, it's bound to be worth the $$. ;) If Creative makes it, it's bound to be garbage. Their drivers are lacking as well.
Daniel
November 6th, 2002, 19:24
I just realized that 2 of my older sound cards(3-4 years old) are fried. And both were Creative. :confused2
Ben
November 6th, 2002, 19:59
I've always had problems with Creative Labs; SB 16 PCI doesn't work in XP, only in Linux.
dawizman
November 6th, 2002, 22:11
What?? I have yet to have problems with my CREATIVE soundblaster audigy.
Daniel
November 6th, 2002, 22:26
Originally posted by dawizman
What?? I have yet to have problems with my CREATIVE soundblaster audigy.

I'm talking about the older cards. I'm not talking about the brand new ones that costs 100s of dollars.
dawizman
November 6th, 2002, 23:58
oh
Bruce
November 7th, 2002, 06:19
Originally posted by dawizman
What?? I have yet to have problems with my CREATIVE soundblaster audigy. I'm guessing you don't have a VIA chipset then, eh?

Creative products just aren't worth the money for what you get. Soundcards from Hercules, Philips, and Turtle Beach are less expensive than comparable Creative cards, have better drivers and support, and have equal or better sound quality.

I really don't see what's so special about Creative. They make decent products with decent sound quality, and buggy drivers. Nothing too special about that, in my opinion.
Daniel
November 7th, 2002, 07:17
Also Hercules headquarters are in Montreal. :D

If I happen to have a problem, I'll just pay them a visit. :)
Coolin
November 7th, 2002, 20:05
Listening to music on any Creative card sucks. They have the worse upsampling of any card on the market. So much for trying to listen to CD-Quality, 16-bit music.

And the Audigy isn't even a true 24 bit sound card.
Ben
November 7th, 2002, 21:25
Originally posted by Coolin
Listening to music on any Creative card sucks. They have the worse upsampling of any card on the market. So much for trying to listen to CD-Quality, 16-bit music.

And the Audigy isn't even a true 24 bit sound card.
Similar to the fact that software modems / winmodems aren't true modems?
Daniel
November 8th, 2002, 10:59
Originally posted by Coolin
Listening to music on any Creative card sucks. They have the worse upsampling of any card on the market. So much for trying to listen to CD-Quality, 16-bit music.

And the Audigy isn't even a true 24 bit sound card.

My only problem with the Muse XL is that there's no base/treble equalizer.
Coolin
November 8th, 2002, 20:28
Personally, I listen to music without any equalizer... I listen to the song the way it's meant to be listened to.

However, that's just me. I'm sure gamers like to mess with bass and hear the rumble of their machine guns on the subwoofer.
Daniel
November 8th, 2002, 20:59
Originally posted by Coolin
Personally, I listen to music without any equalizer... I listen to the song the way it's meant to be listened to.

However, that's just me. I'm sure gamers like to mess with bass and hear the rumble of their machine guns on the subwoofer.

I use headphones. Easier to spot(hear) enemies. :chinese2: