Auzentech HDA X-Plosion 7.1 DTS Connect Sound Card any good?

[malachi]

Im thinking of getting an Auzentech HDA X-Plosion 7.1 DTS Connect Sound Card to replace my onboard Soundmax using Vista x64. Are these sound cards any good, how do they compare against the Creative range of sounds cards?

 

[Phil99]

If you don't want the multi-channel digital output they're quite pricey compared to X-Fi cards. Not sure what the difference between the analogue outputs is like with high end equipment. Drivers are equally as buggy I'd say - they both have their share of bugs.

 

[malachi]

I was looking at the X-Fi but I run my computer through optical which goes directly into my Yamaha 5.1 receiver. And it looks like the Creative optical extensions are hard to come by even looking at the usual sites.