Todays festive special price problem D2X too much

Steveocee · 23 Dec 2012 at 22:08

I can't get away with it, can't afford it but its far too good a deal to pass on :-)

Winston · 23 Dec 2012 at 22:08

Steveocee said:
I can't get away with it, can't afford it but its far too good a deal to pass on

Lol Same here

Azza · 24 Dec 2012 at 00:34

Sooo tempting!

dokko · 24 Dec 2012 at 01:13

Can't decide whether to go with this or the SB z oem, both are around the same price, with the Z being the newer technology.

Got a asus z77 premium if that makes a difference?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-527-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2261

Has Realtek® ALC898 8-channel high definition audio CODEC, no idea if that is good or not.

synixx · 24 Dec 2012 at 12:48

Get the D2X, i've heard great things about it and it appears to have superior hardware, especially if you use surround sound as it appears to have dedicated opamps for each channel. From what I have read the soundblaster Z uses a high end cirrus logic DAC for the main stereo channels but uses the recon 3d's lackluster DACs for the other channels. Considering they are so similar in price it's really a no brainier unless you need optical.

Oh, and the realtek codec you listed is one of their best codcs along with the ALC889A, however the D2X will thoroughly trump it if you have decent headphones.

Marsman · 24 Dec 2012 at 14:06

synixx said:
Get the D2X, i've heard great things about it and it appears to have superior hardware, especially if you use surround sound as it appears to have dedicated opamps for each channel. From what I have read the soundblaster Z uses a high end cirrus logic DAC for the main stereo channels but uses the recon 3d's lackluster DACs for the other channels. Considering they are so similar in price it's really a no brainier unless you need optical.

D2/X also has optical.

dokko · 24 Dec 2012 at 15:03

synixx said:
Get the D2X, i've heard great things about it and it appears to have superior hardware, especially if you use surround sound as it appears to have dedicated opamps for each channel. From what I have read the soundblaster Z uses a high end cirrus logic DAC for the main stereo channels but uses the recon 3d's lackluster DACs for the other channels. Considering they are so similar in price it's really a no brainier unless you need optical.

Oh, and the realtek codec you listed is one of their best codcs along with the ALC889A, however the D2X will thoroughly trump it if you have decent headphones.

Thank you for the information, much appreciated.