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  1. 03-26-2002, 07:09 PM #1
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    best NON-creative sound card

    well i have had it with this cracking sh!t from the card!!!! it does nothing but crack and pop when ever anything is playing. so f**k creative in the *** and im gonna buy a better card, i just dont know which. Im thinking either philips or santa cruz...help plz
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  2. 03-26-2002, 07:15 PM #2
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    IMO, between those two, the ae is the better one. The santa cruz is the best musical card, but the ae is right on its heels, and also is better for gaming as far as I know. Is this an audigy or sblive you're talkin about? The audigy is also good, the best for gaming, at least the basic $60 one, since it is actually a good deal.
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    The Santa Cruz is a pretty good card .
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    Get the Santa Cruz. Also, it seems you have an old Live. Soundcards don't last all that long. I'd average them at 3 years of a lifespan.

    Creatives lose a little clarity in comparison with the Santa Cruz, but it sounds like it's just an old card.
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    If you have a via kt266a base chipset then avoid the audigy as it have this crackling sound in some mp3's...Get the Santa Cruz .
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  7. 03-26-2002, 10:32 PM #6
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    not an old card, maybe got in nov2001! i fixed the prob tho, took like 5 driver installs, i think it was the dos file that windows installed!!
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    Here are my impressions on the Audigy and Santa Cruz(I own both): Santa Cruz, sound wise, is superior to the Audigy period. The Santa Cruz has better bass response(punchier were as the Audigy is muddy sounding) and has overall better sound clarity versus the Audigy. Also the Santa Cruz will let you save ALL of your presets and auto load with windows;a big plus in my eyes. The Santa Cruz also has an equalizer built in. Audigy might be a little more compatible than the Santa Cruz game wise but that list is getting shorter. I've tried both and for now the Santa Cruz is in my system becuase I believe the sound quality/clarity to be superior to the Audigy.
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    The turtle beach lacks the EAX3, which offers multiple filters per sample (4). It's not really "support" that's missing, it's just purely that the Audigy has better EAX than the Turtle Beach. Just the same, the Turble Beach is a clearer card.

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    Chalk up another happy owner of the Santa Cruz. Sounds great on my old school creative 4.1 speakers. Works great with winXP, and the hardware EQ rocks! I've had no problems so far, and for the price you just can't get anything better.
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    Jumping on the bandwagon!

    Get the Santa Cruz! I just installed one and couldn't be happier! The sound is amazing, the EQ actually works, and the different sound effects/parameters are cool!
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    i think i'll get one when i get a home theatre system. i finally got the cracking in win98se fixed, but i kno winxp is hopeless. right now im gonna hold on to the sblive, unfortunetly
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