As far as I know, it's not targeted on high-end users only. It's the replacement for the Audigy series. There will most likely be budget versions of this card.
And another thing. If you have a wav file in 16bit/48kHz, you can't just make it 24bit/96bit. :-P
It can play songs in that high-qual. format, but you say it can "convert trakcs to higher resolution", that's impossible.
An artist can with a good seqencer render tracks to that quality, and listen to them. But, what's the point when most users have 16bit/44kHz?

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There are 4 versions but only the highest priced at 400$ is meant for music creation. Here is something about crystalizer that upscales a cd resolution
http://www.tomshardware.com/consume...05/x-fi-02.html
http://gear.ign.com/articles/617/617336p1.html

Last edited by erdega on Aug-16-2005 at 16:02

Seems kind of pointless, seeing as how they already have a stake in a production card (Emu 1010). They ought to be developing a higher-end product, not a lower-cost one.

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