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   I think a lot of people on here who are poo-pooing the Creative cards are
speaking from experience.  I still have an SBLive! in my machine, I am in no
way an expert on sound quality, but I can definitely hear the difference
between tracks recorded through the SBLive and tracks recorded with the same
equipment but through my Audiophile 2496.

   Playback of samples or pre-recorded stuff also sounds better from the
Audiophile although the difference is less obvious. On my old PC spekers, it
would have been harder to hear the difference but now that we have a
reasonable set of monitors, you can hear the extra noise from the Creative
card.

   As the other guy said, the Creative cards are up to the job for some
people and they used to be the best value for money. That is less and less
true, especially in terms of sound quality or if you mainly want an Audio
input device. I agree also that it is very frustrating to see Creatives
adverts where they throw the word "Professional" around willy nilly and
rather deceptively talk about 24 bit recording even on the original Audigy
cards

Just my 0.5 �re

Niall

"Doc" <docsavage20@yahoo.com> skrev i meddelandet
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> toofar@fromthesun.com (Aphelion) wrote in message
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> > On 5 Apr 2003 13:52:30 -0800, docsavage20@yahoo.com (Doc) wrote:
> >
> >
> > My original beef with your post only had to do with your misconception
> > that somehow those who purchase "pro" cards are somehow getting
> > screwed because we believe some hype about audio quality and could do
> > just as well with a commercial card from Creative and not be able to
> > hear the difference.
>
> Never said that, I was saying that a lot of people likely don't
> realize the results they can get with a SB. A lot of people snobbishly
> poo-poo them and I think it's unwarranted. Will they do everything?
> No, but again, they provide functionality that would have been unheard
> of at ANY price not long ago. And I imagine there are some people who
> drop big bucks on much pricier gear that they don't need, when the SB
> would have suited their needs fine. You could cut a fine sounding
> album with modest outboard gear, a Live or Audigy, a $200 computer and
> of course skill and finesse.
>
> > >
> > >Would YOU be one of the ones willing to put a grand on the line over
> > >the Audigy? (Of course, it's easy to say yes when it's not a reality)
> >
> > Well, it's a no brainer at least with the SBLive....
>
> Didn't say the Live, said Audigy. Sounds like you're hedging...
>
> > It's easy to tell the difference on my moderate system with Event
> > 20/20Bas monitors and a Mackie mixer.
>
> Easy enough where you'd bet a grand on it? Easy to id when you're
> doing the engineering and you know what was recorded with what. Bet it
> would be a lot tougher if you had to depend solely on your ear with no
> other point of reference on a system you're not used to.