/me nods live is old though youc an get an audigy card thats 24 bit not audigy 2 for like 50 bucks now.
You'll notice the difference between 16 and 24 bit. But i had my live card for like 4 years it was good little card ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Graeme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 2:40 PM Subject: RE: SoundBlaster/speaker question > Actually, I have a Live! Card with the digital output and I bought > matching digital speakers to go with it. Unfortunately, there was > something bad about the digital cable that picked up all sorts of noise > and introduced it into the signal, making a crackling noise in the > speakers. Switching to the analog ports solved the crackling problem. > > -Kevin > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: William Wheatley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 1:27 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: SoundBlaster/speaker question > > > > > > Yea its got the nice digital and optical ports for reasons!! > > > > It keeps analog for us holdovers who don't have it yet. > > > > Which audigy 2 do you have? Audigy 2 > > 2 EX > > or 2 EX platinum ? > > > > defiantly awesome card you can tell the difference between > > 16bit SB Live and 24bit audigy2 > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 2:18 PM > > Subject: Re: SoundBlaster/speaker question > > > > > > > thanks > > > I figured it depended on how good the decoder stuff in the > > speaker amp > > is - > > > if the Audigy2 decoder and Logitech decoder are about equal, or the > > Logitech is > > > better, then it would be cleaner sending a digital signal from the > > > Audigy2 > > to > > > the amp. Only if the Audigy2 decoder were way better would > > the analog > > > be prefereable, I guess. And I doubt as much as the > > Logitech rig costs > > > if the decoder would be cheap. OK, so I'll try a digital cable :-) > > > > > > -Ben > > > > > > > OHH OHH ok > > > > > > > > if you only have analog defiantly get the digital stuff > > its going to > > > > be > > way > > > > better. i mean i go analog now and it sounds awesome but > > digital is > > > > the > > way > > > > to go if there was any doubt in your mind chief > > > > > > > > ----- 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
