Question from a friend...

[Spaceman Spiff]

This was asked by a forum member on another message board, and i felt you guys would be able to answer this the best:

"Just wondering if someone has an audigy 2 and has upgraded from a sblive card. Just thinking does all that upsampling from 16/44.1 to 24/192 does really make a difference?

There are certain mp3 players avaialble that can use the upsampling feature of the recent sound cards. One of them is foobar2000. An amazing mp3 player that looks like a notepad but has a superb capacity to play mp3s or acds in their full quality.

here's the website

foobar2000.hydrogenaudio.org

Anyone having an audigy 2 or any other 24/192 sound card, please tell me if it does really make a difference on the sound quality of the mp3s or the audio cds.

I am still having a hard time trying to decide whether to spend a 115$ on a sound card."

[soupnazi]

Doesn't exactly answer your question but has some general opinions.

http://www.sharkyforums.com/showthre...hreadid=196339

[natgun]

just upgraded from a live to an audigy 2. the difference was immediately noticable, then again i have good speakers and headphones. id say its worth it.

[Trunks]

ditto...i upgraded from a live to an audigy 2 and I was surprised at how much better it sounded. You can get the OEM audigy2 for around $80 on newegg I think.

[XP1800]

Hell I just updated the drivers of my Audigy MP3 and I noticed a difference.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...ion=29-102-158