so who mants the HDA x-plosion then? :D

Was a bit of a let down when i got my X-Fi and it didnt have encoding, ive got a lovely DTS decoder right here and no encoded data to go through it....
 
Does anyone know if creative have any plans of releasing an x-fi version (or adding onto the current ones) with dts encoding? While the x-plosion looks like a really good card I'd rather have one thats got better sound options (eax compatibility etc) for games, since I'm an avid gamer. I just can't believe they didn't add this feature onto the x-fi in the first place.
 
james.miller said:
the card has a DTS encoder, meaning it can turn your games or regular windows sounds into 5.1dts, just like the old soundstorm and the x-mystique do DDlive. It doesnt effect material that is already encoded like dvd's for instance.

Games would be better, music....dont know yet. The best music is always 2 channel pcm, period, and i cant see DTS encoding changing that.
Click to expand...
Hi james,

I was just gonna ask for a *simple* version of your opening post, but as I scrolled down I came across the above nugget of info. .

However I'm not sure that will work how u think it will work. It may encode the pc audio is DTS but that means you can just use *one* single digital/optical cable between your PC and AMP. I don't think it means that it can program the sounds say like they are on a DVD (positional etc).

I thought the main advantage of this was just the pure digital connection (no analogue conversion etc?).
 
I'm not quite sure how DD live positions sound, although I would imagine it is similar to pro logic 2. DTS Neo 6 is actually very good at estimating where sounds are coming from, and is very good to listen to. Movies and music are especially good. This is all when stereo to surround conversion is concerned mind.

I'm not so sure about how good games would be in stereo, although if a game is producing 5.1 sound it would be positioned accurately through the channels rather than estimated. It seems very good on my soundstorm, and I can only imagine it would be leaps and bounds better years on.

Full bitrate DTS encoding is good, but a little pointless as most will be using poor quality mp3 and in game sound as a source. Full bitrate DTS is higher quality than even CD (24 bit, 96khz compared to 16 bit, 44.1khz for CD).

I would certainly buy this sort of thing over an X-Fi because I've got a DD/DTS receiver.
 
Big.Wayne said:
Hi james,

I was just gonna ask for a *simple* version of your opening post, but as I scrolled down I came across the above nugget of info. .

However I'm not sure that will work how u think it will work. It may encode the pc audio is DTS but that means you can just use *one* single digital/optical cable between your PC and AMP. I don't think it means that it can program the sounds say like they are on a DVD (positional etc).

I thought the main advantage of this was just the pure digital connection (no analogue conversion etc?).
Click to expand...

Well, tbh DDLive positioning is very good. Using my yamaha amp, DDlive is better than 6.1 analogue in both positioning and quality in general.

The biggest advantage is that only one cable is needed, yes, but with DDlive (as apposed to D.I.C.E found on the old soundstorms) there are no disadvantages:)
 
Last edited:
I think Mekrel's pretty much spot on, EAX3 and above are all proprietry Creative standards that they don't let other companies use.
 
Phil99 said:
I think Mekrel's pretty much spot on, EAX3 and above are all proprietry Creative standards that they don't let other companies use.
Click to expand...
Aaah, thanks - Didn't know Creative owned the rights. Damn these big companies and their anti-competitive practices. I'm sure they would make just as much money if they sold the rights for royalties.
 
who need's EAX when u have DTS ? althought i have a reciever that will process any imput to 7.1 through emulation (wich it does damn well) i still plan on getting one of these cards for $121. sometimes it pays to be a lazy american.

i might be willing to post a couple of these to u people who dont have any way of getting these through any other means.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom