*nods* yea see mine is nice it gives you a Firewire port as well as remote and nice setup for headphones and optical in and out
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 2:19 PM Subject: Re: SoundBlaster/speaker question > Nope, just the internal card. > There's a drive bay option with in/out connectors, but Creative doesn't sell it > separately yet. > > bb > > do you have the audigy 2 ex? Mine is the external box with a remote and its > > so nice!! > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 1:16 PM > > Subject: RE: SoundBlaster/speaker question > > > > > > > Dunno which one sounds better. > > > Have only got the analog cables which came with the speakers. > > > > > > Before I went out and bought a digital SP/DIF cable, wanted to see if > > anyone > > > knew whether it would be an improvement. > > > > > > Have to guess which decoder is better, the sound card's or the speaker > > amp's. > > > Or do research on the web. > > > > > > Or, as a science experiment, get the other cable and see which is better.. > > > > > > thanks. > > > > > > -Ben > > > > > > > 0_0 > > > > Well.. > > > > > > > > Which one *sounds* better? > > > > > > > > -Gel > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > Hi Bill (or anyone else who knows a lot about SoundBlaster), > > > > > > > > My new super-Dell came with a SoundBlaster Audigy2 card, and I got the > > > > awesome > > > > Logitech Z-680 THX 5.1 speakers. > > > > > > > > The Audigy2 is supposed to have really good DD and DTS decoding. The > > > > Logitech 500-watt amp also has hardware decoding. > > > > > > > > I have 2 options for connecting the Audigy2 and speakers: > > > > > > > > (1) digital cable (SP/DIF) from sound card to speaker control unit, or > > > > (2) 3 analog cables (front, rear, center/sub). > > > > > > > > (1) lets speakers do the decoding, (2) lets the sound card. > > > > > > > > Any opinions on which would be better? > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > /Ben > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
