if gaming x-fi is ok but the eax died when come to vista
if for music i think go for other will be batter like onkyo or usb dac
but moded x-fi very good in music oso

Don't even touch the Extreme Audio, it's not even an X-Fi under the bonnet. Go for Extreme Music or Extreme Gamer

i got my x-fi xtrememusic a year ago, only use it for a month and sell it back. don't like much of it's bass which is too boomy for me. even if i reduce it still not good for my ears. still suing my aurillium until now..

but performance during gaming do improved with higher fps and good gaming sound produced...

Hehe, aurilium depends on which speaker u use too.. some speakers sound very bad when pair up with PSC805.. example ATP3..

yup, depends on the speaker also. pairing my card with BTII 5.1 before, now using simple speaker only, philips MMS 321. always listen to high quality track, that low quality mp3 files doesn't even exist in my pc....

You using all the philips setup then is will be better normal lo cause aurilium is make for his own speaker use. But so far mine using a headphone for this sound card.

last time pairing this sound card+Pimeta LITE+Shp895 =

Hemm, then i actually got 1 philips speaker - Philips Acoustic Fusion A.3.610, now using S750, therefore that speaker only put it aside.. got this unit for mikechai last year.. not planning to sell as well as this is a rare unit and they use flat panel technology (NXF), but if there's interested buyer u may PM me, maybe i'll change my mind to let it go hehe

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Added on July 14, 2007, 5:48 pmPosted in garage sales HERE for those who are interested

This post has been edited by nicholas_1213: Jul 14 2007, 06:05 PM

bro mind explain more? wats so bad abt extreme audio??

extreme audio is not true x-fi
it's using audigy chipset but selling at a very high price.

This is about the Crystalizer function, I find that,

1. Streaming video like youtube can create distorted sound
2. On certain mp3 or video files, the sound can emit distorted noises as well.

Is it the fault of the x-fi or the source video/audio encoding?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_Blaster_X-Fi

im so bluured

whats da differents between

1) X-Fi elite pro

2) X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty Champion Series

and

3) X-Fi XtremeGamer Professional Series



whats good better for Gaming

and whats the IO console for ? ....... pls help here.. very bluuured

I explain with u by 3P...

1st.... Price
2nd... Performance
3rd... Provide with I/O device

-Elite Pro was the top of the line of X-Fi family. It consist of all the features of X-Fi family sound card, can said all in
one. Elite Pro is suitable to studio user for recording purpose.
-Fatal1ty is the second high end sound card of X-Fi family, most suitable for gamer.
-Xtreme Gamer is the cut cost version of Fatal1ty. No THX certified, no I/O console

The I/O console gives some convenient to user: direct connect his/her earphone or microphone on I/O console, adjustable earphone and microphone volume on I/O console, control computer volume via the remote control......
click here for more information

The Elite Pro also have better DAC (same DAC as the E-MU 1212M) so at stock it sounds better than the other X-Fi (for music)

For gaming, if you play Battlefiled 2 or 2142, Quake 4 you better buy the Fatal1ty since it can benefit from the 64MB X-RAM (I don't remember other games that suport this, not really a gamer nowadays). Other game doesn't benefit much, so even the lowly XtremeMusic or XtremeGamer is sufficient to reduce CPU overhead and better sound dynamics since all of the support EAX5

Hope that helps

I'm looking for the X-Fi xtreme music to pair with my CS21.

Any of you guys still got other brand or model in your mind to share?

X-Fi extreme music already stop produce. Wait for new generation sound card lolz
Audigy 2 ZS also not bad. Someone selling this sound card in the garage sale

Yea, too bad that the xtreme music stop producing d.

Just wondering of getting X-fi Elite Pro.. around 1k right... Anybody using it? Any comments? Tell what you really love bout the card... and what you hate bout it!