Audigy 2, what's the difference?

CircleFaust · 9 Mar 2006 at 19:26

can someone tell me what the difference is between the Audigy 2 with the all gold plated connectors and the one with normal coloured connectors? (apart from the obvious

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are they using different chips or...? is the latter just a bugdet version? is there much difference in sound?
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MeatLoaf · 10 Mar 2006 at 10:29

Not 100% sure but i dont think the one with the coloured jacks has the connectors to hook the drive bay expansion up to

Datamonkey · 10 Mar 2006 at 10:36

As above, plus the one without the gold is oem if im not mistaken or the value card.

Gold plated is supposed to be of better sound quality, so they say lol.

Zefan · 10 Mar 2006 at 10:36

BLING

mi9tchy · 10 Mar 2006 at 12:32

MeatLoaf said:
Not 100% sure but i dont think the one with the coloured jacks has the connectors to hook the drive bay expansion up to

i have the an original audigy 2 and it has the coloured outputs and and the connectors to hook up drive bay expansion.
it is an OEM though

TooNice · 10 Mar 2006 at 17:23

In the case of the X-Fi, the one with the gold plated connector is the retail version and the ones without the OEM version.

I am not sure if it applies to this A2 though.

CircleFaust · 10 Mar 2006 at 19:19

right, i heard they were maybe using different microchips/circuitry or something, but it seems this is just the oem i have.

i've just installed the drivers
i only really listen to music, are there any programs on the disc worth installing for this