what opamp you get today?

well, you can do that, but i can't, because i still need the analog multichannel outputs for movies and games...

hmm, today i just compare my Yamaha DAC vs X-Fi opamp...yap, this time i can differentiate quite easily....first heard i noticed the difference but can't tell exactly...after heard the same song repeatedly, finally i can told whats the difference...

the sound through X-FI DAC--> opamp
1. all the background instruments mix like rojak, can't distinguish the distance of instruments, through this test, i finally understand whats call layer of sound.
2. the vocal voice too 'hard'?!!? too centered and upfront.
3. the high region rough, some smooth/airy very high region just nick behind the instrument.
4. overall the stereo image decrease, all instruments, vocal tends to sounded in center, and i finally understand whats call soundstaging, narrow in overall.

i won't going to mention impression on Yamaha amp DAC, it just reverse of the word mentioned above

i will call this as, well, morning 9am and night 9pm

yap, the comparison i done can't compare this two because Yamaha amp DAC are totally separated from X-FI, i just want to express what i have learned today...maybe i'm wrong in some elaboration, correct me...maybe i will do direct comparison for X-FI DAC vs X-FI DAC-->opamp later...oops, yesterday i can't said it was night and day because i used the poor cable as signal cable, i known after i tested using RMAA and found that the cross talk was so poor, thats why CS4382 can't really impress me for yesterday test...sorry for CS4382

This post has been edited by coolkwc: Jun 20 2008, 09:21 PM

Your last sentence just remind me different people have different sound system hence will have different resultant effect from the same DAC output...maybe pure DAC sound signature more suitable for system A but not suitable for system B.

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Added on June 20, 2008, 10:19 pmhmm, an interesting question here....

Where the TS went adi? i can't ever saw him since i joined this club in January this year...i just noticed recently this thread was conquered by two of us adi... and proud to say i more like TS...see my total post on this thread...

This post has been edited by coolkwc: Jun 20 2008, 10:22 PM

of course nola...the difference of 3.5mm stereo and 3.5mm mono only stereo got 3 segments and mono only 2(no middle segment)...the middle segment of the stereo head correspond to right channel....

and keep in mind that the digital signal will be perfect if it works, otherwise it will fail/no signal, no SQ degradation issue like analog...

This post has been edited by coolkwc: Jun 21 2008, 12:44 PM

use Audio Creation mode, change speaker setting to 4.1, plug your speaker in front channel and earphone in rear channel and set the button as show below..



This post has been edited by coolkwc: Dec 19 2008, 04:52 PM

you want all 3 together also no problem, just apply the front C/sub button as well, but need 5.1 setting..

Sure ElitePro better than XtremeMusic lo....XtremeMusic = XtremeGamer = Fatality Pro = Platinum Fatality...all these 4 are same in terms of sound quality, only the name different to grab more money from buyers..

you can use the beta Craetive Console Launcher download from creative download center as well...beta version fixed volume slider asynchronous issue...

if your notebook sound is newest HD based, it will pretty same sound quality as Sound Blaster Live External 24 Bit...so i'm not recommend this unless your budget is too tight...

This post has been edited by coolkwc: Jun 23 2008, 10:50 PM

if budget allow, go for SB 5.1surround...

depends on which mode you use...without bit-matched playback, you can tune EQ using sound card in digital out...for the quality enhancement, yes, if you know your speaker response and know how to tune for compensate certain frequency band roll off.

This post has been edited by coolkwc: Jun 27 2008, 10:08 AM

Congratulation... how much you bought?

Sure this one will sound better than SB 24bit external since the chip inside 24bit external too old adi...

yap, honestly say your Edifier M3300 reached its limit adi...maybe you need to change to better speaker for future...

actually some users need some times to adapt with the new sound and unveil the full potential of the card...when i first bought my XtremeMusic i felt the same thing as you...but after few days of listening, i gradually noticed a lot of differences from onboard, tested with a lot of songs, i can heard some sound i never heard before, you need time...

This post has been edited by coolkwc: Jun 28 2008, 09:21 PM

yap, burn-in your own ear rather than the sound card....i actually don't believe any kind of burn-in except my ear burn-in...

what speaker you paired with?

still can't see in Lowyat price list...if you want, i think you need to buy online from Creative online store...SG$219

This post has been edited by coolkwc: Jun 29 2008, 04:32 PM

i'm using media player classic with K-Lite Codec to watch DVD...in terms of picture quality, undeniable power DVD is better but i need the K-lite codec AC3filter flexibility of sound tuning when playback surround movie...is up to you actually...just use the program you like...

if you using Media player classic AC3filter to watching surround movie, the filter will auto normalize the sound to avoid clipping, thats why the volume is lower...

i don't use surround when listening music...if i do, i will set stereo surround rather than stereo expand...stereo surround will clone the front stereo to the real channel, so that the real channel will have the exactly same sound as front, more natural....while stereo expand will add some reverb and depth to the real channel, i don't like it...

This post has been edited by coolkwc: Jun 29 2008, 09:52 PM

on sound card, green is for front stereo, blue for real surround, orange is for X.1 subwoofer connector...

since your speaker is 4.1 only, either yellow or black 3.5mm head should got 2 segments only(surround and front should be 3 segments on it)...so just connect the 2 segments connector to the orange jack on the sound card.

This post has been edited by coolkwc: Jun 30 2008, 12:36 PM

lol ,you don't understood what i said....

i didn't mean connect both yellow and black into the orange jack, i just said look for your speaker cable, either black or yellow got 2 segments in that head(i guess only, cause i don't know which cable is subwoofer and which one is real surround for your speaker)....

conclusion....connect your real surround into blue jack, subwoofer into orange jack.. clear now?

1 end to sound card, another end sure go to speaker, rite? what means by left it hanging only?

yap, this card only got 4 head, green, blue and orange output 7.1(8 channel)....you need special 3.5mm head cable from Creative if you got more than 5.1 speaker, not good...

EDIT: white jack is flexijack, for line in or SPDIF digital out/in which you can choose from the Creative Console Launcher...

This post has been edited by coolkwc: Jun 30 2008, 04:17 PM