What X-Fi shall I go for?

Phil2008 · 12 May 2006 at 19:08

About 2 months ago I bought the HDA Digital X-Mystique 7.1 Gold sound card but I had probs with the sub channel.

So Im trying again with a creative card. I can't make up my mind if to go for the "Xtreme Music" or "Elite Pro". The only reason I wouldn't mind getting the Elite Pro is because its got 64mb of memory onboard and the Xtreme Music doesnt have any memory?

I listern to a lot of music on my pc and play the latest games, plus ive just bought the logi z680 speakers..

What do you guys think...The Xtreme Music or Elite Pro??

Phil2008 · 12 May 2006 at 19:35

I dont think I will have any use for the breakout box. Would you guys pay a extra £100 for the 64mb x-ram and slightly higher quality.

Phil2008 · 12 May 2006 at 19:51

Duplicated

Phil2008 · 12 May 2006 at 20:02

squiffy said:
Neither. Get a M-Audio.

NA, The one non creative card I had was the X-Mystique and it was totally useless,, Ive even gone back to my sb live it was so bad. So its only creative soundcards from now on, but I guess it was mainly due to my motherboard

Phil2008 · 12 May 2006 at 20:07

Non creative cards has only eax 2.0

Phil2008 · 12 May 2006 at 20:46

so what card? cos i've already made 1 mistake with my last card?, If I go with the Elite Pro , that costs more then my z-680 speakers that I have recently bought

Phil2008 · 12 May 2006 at 21:42

TooNice said:
Up to you. If you want bang for buck, then definitely the Xtreme Music. The Elite Pro is a better card, but it is up to you to decide if the benefit is worth the cost.

I was also deciding between those two a couple of months back. I went with the Elite Pro in the end, but I don't want to push you towards it, since it -is- a significant sum of money.. I'll say that I don't regret my purchase, though I probably would say the same even if I had picked the Xtreme Music instead

Have you found any use for the breakout box?? and hows the extra 64mb X-RAM? Shame theres not a balance control on the breakout box. The only thing I can think of that the breakout box would come in handy, if I got a turntable, but then again you can plug a turntable into the soundcard too. EDIT: Also I could plug a turntable in my z-680 speakers

Phil2008 · 13 May 2006 at 00:27

squiffy said:
Are you sure? (TT into speakers) you need a phono pre-amplifier, you can't just plug TT into a pre-amplifier if it doesn't raise the level to normal line level (around 2-2.5v I think)

Im not sure what you mean,, but you would need a lead with a phono plugs on one end that goes into the turntable and a 3,5mm plug on the other that will go in the soundcards line in socket or the line in socket on th z680. Then the sound card and/or z-680s acts as a amp to alter the sound level.. If that makes any sense.

Phil2008 · 13 May 2006 at 00:54

so if you bought a turntable and pugged it in your hifi with phono leads, it woudnt work either, cos a hifi does the same job as a sound card when you use the aux doesnt it? It amplifies the volume. Or am I all upside down here?

Phil2008 · 13 May 2006 at 01:17

You learn something new every day,, I would be sending the turntable back saying its faulty. That info will come in handy in the future, thanks a lot.