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Posted by Nork Hunter on Nov-15-2004 20:41:

Audiophile192 vs Audigy 2 ZS?

Which one is best? I heard that the Audigy doesn't really compaire to the Audiophile 192.

Suggestions?

Posted by alanzo on Nov-15-2004 21:02:

Audiophile.. un-doubtably..

The audigy isn't a proffesional quality card.. not only will it not sound as good but it generates a lot of noise..

Posted by jeronemango on Nov-15-2004 21:53:

maybe u should look at the Juli@ by ESI same price range and in reviews it gets better results..check it out www.esi-pro.com

Posted by Zombie0729 on Nov-16-2004 00:11:

the cards themselves are built for 2 totally differnt applications. the drivers for the audigy 2 are TERRIBLE... but if i were you i would buy the Echo MIA MIDI...

Posted by eladla on Nov-16-2004 01:35:

I have both an Audiophile and a delta 410 and I love them both.
Very clean mixdown and very low latency.
The creative is a toy, It`s for gamers. If you really want to get in to producing, go for the audiophile. You WILL thank yourself for it later on.

btw: As was said before, the audiophile is great but you should check out other cards in the same price range.

Posted by tu_face on Nov-17-2004 11:43:

it is approaching my birthday, and its about time i got a decent card... which would you guys recommend out of these 2?:

audiophile 2496
terratec dmx6 2496

i am leaning towards the terratec. i have shitloads of wires at the back of the PC already and the front bay thing is sweet. opinions?

thanks in advance

Posted by nec on Nov-17-2004 12:32:

I have audiophile 2496 and its just great

Posted by djbruuen on Nov-19-2004 06:59:

2496 is undoubtedly, the best bang for your buck...i can't wait to ge tmine

Posted by tu_face on Nov-19-2004 11:15:

quote:
Originally posted by djbruuen
2496 is undoubtedly, the best bang for your buck...i can't wait to ge tmine

very much so, but i am so enticed by the bay thing, it would make things 200% easier for me.

does anyone have any experience using the terratec card? any known issues?

Posted by Mr.Mystery on Nov-19-2004 18:07:

quote:
Originally posted by tu_face
does anyone have any experience using the terratec card? any known issues?

I have it and love it, BUT the drivers on it are absolutely terrible. Every time I fire up Reason it tells me it can't find my drivers. Then I go to the settings to put the audio output to "no audio" and back to the terratec drivers again after which they work normally again. Weird. Also, when I have Reason open WinAmp won't play anything, it just complains about bad drivers.

Sometimes the sound just randomly dies and I have to reboot. Sometimes the sound turns to high piercing noise (REALLY "fun" when you're working on headphones and have them turned up really loud ).

It's a really great card... shame the drivers aren't.

Posted by FrancoR on Nov-19-2004 19:39:

Hey i have the same problem with my sblive 5.1 using Kx Drivers (Asio Support)

Posted by Zombie0729 on Nov-19-2004 20:37:

quote:
Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
Also, when I have Reason open WinAmp won't play anything, it just complains about bad drivers.

most cards do this, but its a default in the drivers. i'm not sure if you can change it w/ your card but on most others you can.

Posted by Mr.Mystery on Nov-19-2004 20:55:

quote:
Originally posted by Zombie0729
most cards do this, but its a default in the drivers. i'm not sure if you can change it w/ your card but on most others you can.

My Audigy 2 ZS didn't do that at all. I'll try to see about the settings when I get home but I doubt I can change that.

Posted by tu_face on Nov-20-2004 12:05:

quote:
Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
I have it and love it, BUT the drivers on it are absolutely terrible. Every time I fire up Reason it tells me it can't find my drivers. Then I go to the settings to put the audio output to "no audio" and back to the terratec drivers again after which they work normally again. Weird. Also, when I have Reason open WinAmp won't play anything, it just complains about bad drivers.

Sometimes the sound just randomly dies and I have to reboot. Sometimes the sound turns to high piercing noise (REALLY "fun" when you're working on headphones and have them turned up really loud ).

It's a really great card... shame the drivers aren't.

hmmm, cheers for the heads up. i don't think i can be arsed with something that will keep annoying me like that, unless of course i can find some 3rd party drivers or something to run it with.

looking promising for the audiophile

Posted by Mr.Mystery on Nov-20-2004 14:54:

Just for the record, if anyone does know any good drivers for the card please let me know.