Audio upgrade, sound card query.

Jedimushroom · Post by **Jedimushroom** » 2009-09-01 00:32

Hello again tech gnomes!

For reasons involving several cases of Heineken and some interesting agreements I would rather not discuss I have come into possession of a large amount of money.

I have been upgrading my computer willy-nilly recently but the audio side seems to be lacking somewhat, I have the on-board sound from my Asus P5Q pro and some Advent ADE-210CS £30 speakers with sub woofer. I was considering upgrading my speakers to some very shiny new Logitech Z-5500s. I was wondering if it would really be worth investing in a new sound card, perhaps the Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatality Pro?

Any suggestions are welcome, my budget is flexible, but I was aiming for less than £350.

Thanks in advance!

Robbi · Post by **Robbi** » 2009-09-01 00:41

Auzentech X-Fi Prelude 7.1 PCI Sound Card

Speak to Jaymz, he'll tell you why

It is my next purchase

Post by **Jaymz** » 2009-09-01 01:34

Yeah, mate.

If you look at my thread in here, you'll see it's what I'm getting for my new rig. There's always been a big gap between "the gamer" and "the audiophile", but Auzentech are clearly trying their best to bridge that gap with the Prelude.

Jedimushroom · Post by **Jedimushroom** » 2009-09-01 10:47

Most reviews I've found in it contain qualms about missing features, I presume since these reviews are around 2 years old that the features have been added. It sure looks like a good card but it's quite a bit more expensive than the creative one, and the reviews seem less good.

Also I can't find anywhere that stocks it.

EDIT: I found one place, but it was £154 inc. VAT, that's pretty steep.

Robbi · Post by **Robbi** » 2009-09-01 11:38

but I was aiming for less than £350.

As your budget was a high number, we obviously thought that you wanted to pay for a decent card.

Whenever looking into anything for a PC, never look at reviews of it from 2 years ago, as they are always going to be bad.

Jedimushroom · Post by **Jedimushroom** » 2009-09-01 11:41

Can't find any more recent reviews I'm afraid. I think I may order the speakers now and work on finding somewhere to get that card from. You guys think the speakers are good, right?

Robbi · Post by **Robbi** » 2009-09-01 14:22

Those speakers are pretty phat to be honest, very good for gaming, and have a very very good system for audio too.

[Gaming] Auzentech Forte vs Essence STX + which OS? - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio

Their is a review for you

Make sure you read it all.

Jedimushroom · Post by **Jedimushroom** » 2009-09-01 16:20

Well that seems to settle it, now all I need to do is find somewhere that stocks the damn thing.

Jedimushroom · Post by **Jedimushroom** » 2009-09-03 11:01

Well I still can't find anywhere to buy that card, so I might just go back and get the Creative one.

Post by **Jaymz** » 2009-09-06 03:13

Jedimushroom wrote:Well I still can't find anywhere to buy that card, so I might just go back and get the Creative one.

AuzenTech X-FI Prelude 7.1 Soundkarte Auzen Tech on eBay (end time 03-Oct-09 12:11:14 BST)

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