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seismic edge vs audigy 2 LS: which sound card?!
hi all....I am posting, pondering a $100 Question!
I have now a Philips Seismic Edge sound card, and it is OK with my Altec lansing 2.1 speaker setup...two small speakers and a subwoofer. I play lots of rpgs, I have just really gotten into Morrowind, having installed the mods that add lots and lots of soundeffects. Best Buy has a Deal on the Soundblaster Creative Audigy 2 Ls soundcard. "only" $100! but with my "ok" setup and with only the three speakers, it could be OVERKILL for me to spend that much money. oh what good reviews for the Audigy 2, though!! I am hoping that there is/are someone here who has listened to both of these soundcards, someone who actually can tell me if there is a difference between them that works for *my* setup! there is little other way that i can think of that compares the two together than to ask here....... I really like the immersiveness that good sound gives to me in games... i have a Athlon 1.4 gainward golden sample vid card. win 98SE. 356 megs ram.... so please contrast and compare these two cards and i might then rest in relative peace with my old card, or feel better about spending $100!! thanks...freestone |
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I've been using a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz for a few years, works great.
starts at $50 on www.pricewatch.com Using Altec Lansing ACS56 speakers. "freestone wilson" wrote in message om... hi all....I am posting, pondering a $100 Question! I have now a Philips Seismic Edge sound card, and it is OK with my Altec lansing 2.1 speaker setup...two small speakers and a subwoofer. I play lots of rpgs, I have just really gotten into Morrowind, having installed the mods that add lots and lots of soundeffects. Best Buy has a Deal on the Soundblaster Creative Audigy 2 Ls soundcard. "only" $100! but with my "ok" setup and with only the three speakers, it could be OVERKILL for me to spend that much money. oh what good reviews for the Audigy 2, though!! I am hoping that there is/are someone here who has listened to both of these soundcards, someone who actually can tell me if there is a difference between them that works for *my* setup! there is little other way that i can think of that compares the two together than to ask here....... I really like the immersiveness that good sound gives to me in games... i have a Athlon 1.4 gainward golden sample vid card. win 98SE. 356 megs ram.... so please contrast and compare these two cards and i might then rest in relative peace with my old card, or feel better about spending $100!! thanks...freestone |
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"freestone wilson" wrote in message
om... Best Buy has a Deal on the Soundblaster Creative Audigy 2 Ls soundcard. "only" $100! but with my "ok" setup and with only the three speakers, it could be OVERKILL for me to spend that much money. oh what good reviews for the Audigy 2, though!! I am hoping that there is/are someone here who has listened to both of these soundcards, someone who actually can tell me if there is a difference between them that works for *my* setup! there is little other way that i can think of that compares the two together than to ask here....... Personally I quite like the sound quality from the Phillips cards (more so than say the TB SantaCruz). Yes the Audigy is going to sound better, but not $100 better. I'd maybe hold onto your $100 and upgrade your CPU first. CrimsonLiar |
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