by Veridian3 on 29/09/2009
Today we have two cards from either end of the price spectrum on our test bench to find out what each has to offer. For those who feel their onboard sound is has issues, or anyone with high quality headphones/speakers this article should assist in finding the ideal purchase.
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by WhO_KnOwS on 09/11/2007
CPU's and graphics cards are always prime candidates for discussion when building an enthusiast system. Rarely does anyone give soundcards a thought, even though aural pleasure should be as much a requirement as the ultimate eye candy.
In the last few years things have been pretty stale with Creative having a clear lead due to their Soundblaster Live! and Audigy cards. It was only recently that things got interesting again, with Creative’s new X-Fi line bringing new cards to the table, as well as several other companies’ proprietary solutions. Today we’ll be looking at Auzen’s take on an X-Fi soundcard and a 7.1 channel soundcard from ASUS which places special emphasis on Dolby and DTS support.
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by Veridian3 on 07/01/2007
Today’s review product comes from Auzentech a company who have been making a name for themselves in the PC home theatre market with the release of the World's first Dolby Digital Live Sound card (the X-MYSTIQUE 7.1 Gold) and the World's first DTS Connect Sound Card (the X-PLOSION 7.1 DTS Connect). The X-MERIDIAN 7.1 is aimed to directly compete with the Creative X-Fi in both the PC home theatre and gaming markets and on paper it certainly is impressive with numerous Dolby Digital technologies mixed with the latest DTS modes and some excellent technical specifications, let’s take a closer look at the card...
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by dj_stick on 19/10/2006
For those reading this who know a little about the professional side of audio equipment, you’d almost be sure to have heard of Behringer already, but for those that haven’t, Behringer is a company that focuses on manufacturing professional audio equipment at the lowest price possible.
Up until recently Behringer have been focusing manufacturing Live and Studio sound equipment. However, they have started to move towards the computer music section of the market. This is where the subject of this review comes in.
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by Veridian3 on 05/03/2005
If you’ve been using PC's for any length of time then you’ll more than likely have used a creative soundcard at some point. You’ll also more than likely have been incredibly happy with its performance, I know I’ve never had any major issues with the creative products I’ve purchased. More and more recently external soundcards have become available on the market making a sound card upgrade easy, even for a novice or allowing you to expand your laptop listening experience…its one of these cards that we have in for review today. The Creative Soundblaster Live 24bit USB…and of course if you have a 5.1 surround sound capable card you need speakers worthy of the experience so we have paired it up with a set of Creative T5900 5.1 speakers.
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by Veridian3 on 02/07/2004
Today we have one of Terratecs top of the range sound products in for review, the feature packed Aureon 7.1 Universe.
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by Veridian3 on 02/12/2003
Gainward have long been known as a manufacturer of quality graphics cards as with any industry it is wise to branch out into other related areas and today we have one of Gainwards first attempts at a non graphics component.
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