** Special Offer Creative Sound Blaster Titanium HD with Free Edifier R1600T**
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Why wouldn't you?
Maybe something to do with the first line in the OP.
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They are still listed with the speakers as a free item so would assume it would be honoured.
It is a good deal considering the cheapest these speakers have been available is £60, so one is getting the soundcard for £40.
and there was me yesterday in the "instant and moment" thread asking what was a good 5.1 speaker soundcard for around £100 lol....
grr already ordered an SB Z and received it this morning though
why didn't I wait a day
with 5.1 speakers the difference between onboard realtekHD and a decent soundcard is night and day.
realtek sounds flat no matter how much you try and doesn't have much range with the BASS
grr already ordered an SB Z and received it this morning though
why didn't I wait a day
maybe if you have headphones or 2.1 speakers.
with 5.1 speakers the difference between onboard realtekHD and a decent soundcard is night and day.
realtek sounds flat no matter how much you try and doesn't have much range with the BASS
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Tha sound card is like £150 every else too unless that's a different model?
Heck sell the sound card for £100 and you get free speakers to keep.
Heck sell the sound card for £100 and you get free speakers to keep.
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Normally for other soundcards the analogue 5.1 is via connecting to 3x3.5mm jacks...so can this soundcard do that at all, or is the 5.1 only supported via optical?
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is this still being honoured, I may jump in at this price, cant hurt having a spare sound card at this price?
Well I know I'm selling them but you are totally wrong.
Onboard sound is nothing on an a sound card. Due to problems with my PSU and windows 8.1 I sold my d2x and used on-board sound blaster card recently obtained a creative ZR and the sound quality is noticeable from hearing little footsteps from twice as far away to the fact I no longer have to turn my amplifier up above 50 to get a good volume.
Unless you use really crap headphones and speakers (which these 1600RT aren't) you will always notice the difference between on-board and separate soundcards.
I gotta be honest, while this will no doubt annihilate a Realtek AC'97 all day long, how many people have £100 to dump on a sound card yet cannot afford a high end motherboard? I really doubt this is going to be noticeably better than the Creative Sound Blaster SupremeFX you get on a high end ASUS board.
it is.
I have a gigabyte sniper 5. The sniper 5 has a onboard Creative Sound Core3D quad-core audio processor and built-in Headphone Amplifier.
It is not as good as even a basic dedicated sound card.
You can doubt all you want it's still better. Having owned Highend Asus and Gigabyte motherboards and used Recon 3d and Supreme FX audio in several different systems. The difference is noticeable and for people who care worth it.
ontop of that You don't buy high end Asus motherboards for sound quality and unless the you are 8pack or share his passion for overclocking a high end motherboard is probably wasted on you. you could get a reasonable 4.4 4.6 haswell OC on many low end boards and have change for a soundcard which will benifit the average gamer far more than spending 200+ pounds on a motherboard with bios features the average gamer will not touch.
You may see it as a waste of money but you don't buy a soundcard everytime you buy a system you keep it till it breaks or isn't supported anymore. It's an investment that will enhance the quality of your sound that you can take with you from system to system.
This sound card RRP at 179.99 when it came out a while back it's cheaper now as Creative no longer have the license for THX.
You seem to be missing the fact it's bundled with one of our best selling speakers which come highly recommended all over this forum for £100. If that's too much for you to spend then fine. It's a cracking deal and if you factor in the speakers you will not get equal sound quality for £40
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How many units are left TwsT?
i hope mine comes as the package - why i ordered it really. website showed the free speakers.
i haven't used a dedicated sound card for over 15 years so will try this out on my main rig - when it's out of storage
i haven't used a dedicated sound card for over 15 years so will try this out on my main rig - when it's out of storage