Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music or HDA Digital X-Plosion

or wire up a simple rca socket to the correct pins on the ad_ext connector

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should cost about 50p. many ways to get it from the x-fi.
 
lol, anyone have the pin-outs for the x-fi ad_ext connector lying around?...

Since I'd have to use analog cables to get multi-channel in games (and my receiver doesn't have a spare set of 6 channel analogs) I guess I'll have to go for the HDA.

Still reluctant to purchase though, due to you saying you get similar issues with your card :(
 
LadFromWales85 said:
lol, anyone have the pin-outs for the x-fi ad_ext connector lying around?...

Since I'd have to use analog cables to get multi-channel in games (and my receiver doesn't have a spare set of 6 channel analogs) I guess I'll have to go for the HDA.

Still reluctant to purchase though, due to you saying you get similar issues with your card :(
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What's using the analogue inputs at the moment? If it's a DVD player you could use digital inputs for that and then plug the PC in to the analogue?
 
I bought the X-fi.

If people with crappy PC speakers say it improves performance, then it excites me to think how it'll effect my AMP/Floorstanders setup :D
 
Nothing is using the analog inputs at the moment. The problem is, my receiver doesn't output anything through the line-out when using the 6 channel analog inputs. I currently use line-out to pipe sound to an old aiwa mini system for headphone use, as the headphone socket on my receiver is dire. I should have worded my last message better really :)

I suppose I could split the front speaker cable coming from the X-Fi into two, and have them going straight to the aiwa instead of through the receiver, but wouldn't that decrease the power getting to each device?
 
why not go for the x-mystique instead of the x-polsion??? from that big thread about the x-plosion the only major difference i could see was the DTS encoding that the mystique hasnt got??
 
LadFromWales85 said:
Nothing is using the analog inputs at the moment. The problem is, my receiver doesn't output anything through the line-out when using the 6 channel analog inputs. I currently use line-out to pipe sound to an old aiwa mini system for headphone use, as the headphone socket on my receiver is dire. I should have worded my last message better really :)

I suppose I could split the front speaker cable coming from the X-Fi into two, and have them going straight to the aiwa instead of through the receiver, but wouldn't that decrease the power getting to each device?
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Get a stereo miniplug splitter and plug it in to the front L/R connector on the X-Fi and plug your headphones in as and when needed.

Best solution as you get the gaming benefits of the X-Fi in 5.1 and can use your headphones :)
 
It's not the awesome WOW I was expecting, but the quality is better and the bass is much less distorted.

I don't really know if it's worth turning all these effects on SVM? Crystalizer etc
 
Tommy B said:
It's not the awesome WOW I was expecting, but the quality is better and the bass is much less distorted.

I don't really know if it's worth turning all these effects on SVM? Crystalizer etc
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Best idea is to spend some time playing with all the options getting it how you want to sound, no harm in trying them.
 
The best thing I've noticed is the X-fi is incredibly good at enhancing the bass. The SVM thing stops the bass from distorting in louder songs, and raises it in quieter songs. Before some songs were perfect, but some made the room sound like a giant vibrator - not good.
 
Tommy B: I've never had songs with lots of bass distort...do you use your soundcard EQ, or do you just let the soundcard output flat, and use your amps EQ?

Anyway, got my X-Plosion, sounds wicked, analog sounds ok, although I don't want to drive my headphones directly from it as sound card EQ's don't sound all that good really. Music doesn't drop out in GTA San Andreas anymore! :D Although there are still missing sounds, which I guess I'm stuck with unless I buy a creative card with support for EAX HD.

I've noticed a bug in the Xear 3D control panel though. If you untick the analog output (which I did, as I don't have any analog attached), then enable DD/DTS 5.1, the rear speakers produce no sound. This is confirmed by playing the speaker test sound, when the helicopter sound passes the rears, its totally silent. Switching back to standard PCM, re-enabling analog, then switching back to DD/DTS 5.1 fixes the problem :)
 
LadFromWales85 said:
Tommy B: I've never had songs with lots of bass distort...do you use your soundcard EQ, or do you just let the soundcard output flat, and use your amps EQ?

Anyway, got my X-Plosion, sounds wicked, analog sounds ok, although I don't want to drive my headphones directly from it as sound card EQ's don't sound all that good really. Music doesn't drop out in GTA San Andreas anymore! :D Although there are still missing sounds, which I guess I'm stuck with unless I buy a creative card with support for EAX HD.

I've noticed a bug in the Xear 3D control panel though. If you untick the analog output (which I did, as I don't have any analog attached), then enable DD/DTS 5.1, the rear speakers produce no sound. This is confirmed by playing the speaker test sound, when the helicopter sound passes the rears, its totally silent. Switching back to standard PCM, re-enabling analog, then switching back to DD/DTS 5.1 fixes the problem :)
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when you turn analouge off, it puts the system on mute. simply unmute it and it should be ok:)
 
Go on the Turtle Beach website, go to support/downloads and find the Montego DDL downloads and get the VolumeTracker.exe

It tracks the Wave and Master volume controls together so the rear speakers balance with the fronts as there's a bug in the drivers that stops all speakers being on the master volume.
 
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