Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum eX Soundcard
Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum eX is the professional home studio solution that opens up a whole new world of unprecedented high-definition audio with the flexibility of an external drive. You'll experience incredible audio clarity with 24-bit, multi-channel, 5.1 sound and stunning 100dB SNR. The increased power of the Audigy chip enables EAX ADVANCED HD to deliver a host of innovative high definition audio effects with next-generation, interactive, 3D audio for gaming and sophisticated effects for music.The external Audigy drive has the most comprehensive connectors for analog or digital devices, including professional audio gear, home-stereo receivers, Optical DACs, MIDI devices, and DV Camcorders. You'll also have the advantage of high-capacity connectivity to SB1394 qualified devices like DV Camcorders, the future SB1394 NOMAD Jukebox, external hard drives, and high-speed CD-RWs.This Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum eX card is bundled with Audigy extension card, External Audigy Drive, CD with application, driver and utilities, InfraRed Remote Control and cables. The Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum eX ships with an external Audigy drive that you can place anywhere outside your PC.
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Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum eX Soundcard Reviews
The external panel is a major plus. I got this to replace my onboard sound, and i love it. Well worth the money. When i have my 5.1 surround sound hooked up, you can tell when sounds are coming behind you.
I did not immediately. CompUSA refuses to issue a refund or exchange, and. open it, as it was factory sealed, and I did not intend to install it for a while, because I was going to use it with the. fore I purchased this product at compUSA. Will contact them by phone next. I did a great amount of research on sound and video cards, be-. was missing. but they have not responded as yet.
computer I was building. and discovered that the "external drive" advertised on the box. I have contacted creative labs to see if I can get the drive,. Imagine my surprise whe I did open it. of July. I plan on posting my results with creative labs by the end.
Great for making your PC the new household hub for entertainment centers. The DTS decoder works well too. I hooked up my DVD player, XBox, and even a simple portable discman to the external drive and enjoyed the quality of sound. I noticed no distortion after hooking up my Klipsch Pro-Media 5.1 (6 piece) surround speaker set, despite the sound information running from my DVD player to PC, then from PC to Speaker system.Gaming sound effects are awesome as well. There is no background fuzz while recording from a MIDI input (unlike SBLive)., and the ability to record dual tracks simultaneously makes this board the music creators paradise.It also sounds remarkable. This card is by far the best thing to happen to sound cards since the first release of SBLive.
With all the power of professional souind boards at hundreds of dollars less. Unfortunately there aren't many games that can fully utilize the new EAX HD capabilities, but the standard regime of FPS games sound great. With the newest audio processor since the days of the Live, Creative has once again outdone itself. Previous games like McGee's Alice and Deus Ex being high up on the list of games that sound totally awesome.
Also the second card isn't supposed to fit into the PCI slot the same way the other cards there do since it does not have a PCI connector. Unlike the main card it does not actually go in the PCI slot. Yes, the card doesn't work with XP when you install it. It's not brain surgery; In fact, it's rather easy, and you will be up and running in no time.
When the card was perfectly setup inside my PC I proceeded to install the software and drivers provided on a Cd-Rom by Creative. I bought this card in November because I recently purchased the Klipsch Promedia 5.1 speaker system. I was also confused about the PCI connection for this card since it has three slots instead of two, like a typical PCI card, but it fits fine. When I was all done I decided to try my speakers with this top of the line card, but my PC froze every time after just a few seconds I started playing a track.
In conclusion, the audigy platinum Ex card is simply for hardcore musicians that use their PC's has home studios or just hi-tech lovers that simply want the best. The external drive fulfills every music lovers delight. So a word to the wise those who have XP do not install Creative Playcenter or you will suffer the consequences. The only problem is that my center speaker is not working during DVD play with my PS2, thus the 5.1 experience is ruined. Besides this problem, the card works perfectly. Fiber Optics is the way to go, its the neatest sound you will ever experience. Wether its karaoke or hooking up your TV to your card, it is make this card worthy of its price. Then I proceeded to download the Windows XP drivers from the Soundblaster's website.
I installed the full version with all the add-ons provided. My pleasure was hooking up my Playstation 2 with a Toslink fiber optic cable to my pc speakers. Afters many hours of rebooting and brainstorming this problem, I arrived to the conclusion that it was the Creative Playcenter that wasn't holding up on Windows XP. At first I was kind of intimidated with all the cables and connections for this card, but after reading the instruction's manual it was pretty straight foward.
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