New Sound card

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Directive · #1 Post by **Directive** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 1:51 pm

ok, ever since my SB Audigy gamer crapped out (about 6+ months ago) I just now decided to get a new card.

Diamond XtremeSound - 7.1/24 bit Sound Card.

what yall think?

#2 Post by **palmboy5** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:40 pm

umm... please don't? Get a SoundBlaster Live! 24bit or something. But then that isn't as good as your Audigy was...

Stay with like Creative and TurtleBeach lol, Diamond is questionable.. I doubt it even sounds as good as onboard. (and I had a Diamond video card die after a few weeks and they stopped replying to my emails)

2005 · #3 Post by **2005** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 2:44 pm

I'm getting an X-Fi

Directive · #4 Post by **Directive** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 4:01 pm

The SB audigy SE I was looking at was about the same price but the Diamond had some better specs on it (ie EAX 2.0). It sounds 100x better then my on board. I'll be the first to say Creative is better but I think Diamond runs a close second. I also had a price limit.

I7Iz490N · #5 Post by **I7Iz490N** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 4:29 pm

Q12321 · #6 Post by **Q12321** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:25 pm

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/828MkII/

I've been running that for a few months now. Works great. =P

#7 Post by **palmboy5** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 12:02 am

I7Iz490N wrote:Didn't you tell me to get a bluegear pb

LOL yeah but I never looked to see if bluegear and such brands had models in the $30 area. Also given that I did NOT remember their names, I couldn't easily look it up. I see Creative, Turtlebeach, and Diamond at Fry's all the time so those are the only brands I can really recite. Turtlebeach I remember had some model (SantaCruz or something) like 5 years ago that people on AMDMB forums loved and recommended. Thats where I got my respect for the brand. At least they got it right at some point.

Heres that Diamond XtremeSound.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductRe ... g=-1&Page=

read the reviews? all of them. As usual, the high rated reviews don't mention shit so I usually just read from the lowest.

Directive · #8 Post by **Directive** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 7:06 am

Well, I went through most of them and they ether don't apply to me or I don't have that problem. Right now I am only running Quad speakers, 4. I have a cheap set of 2 speakers and sub but only goes through the single 3.5mm plug so it isn't true 2.1 sound, and 2 speakers on my stereo run through the rear. there isn't a true rear in quad setting on this card. Its left and right front and left and right surround. I used the preset for live and it sounds great to me. I have a slight echo but there would be in live mode. If I set it to default the echo goes away. In all I still say Creative is better but I don't believe Diamond is as bad as people think, at least not what I use it for.

mannyace · #9 Post by **mannyace** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 11:57 pm

Q12321 wrote:http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/828MkII/

I've been running that for a few months now. Works great. =P

werent u getting an e-mu 1820m?

Q12321 · #10 Post by **Q12321** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 5:29 pm

I was planning on it, but they got discontinued a while back, now they only have the 1616m. It's still very nice, but I need a bit I/O, I already have a few mic pre's, and I'm probably going to ADAT it to an 8 pre.

#11 Post by **palmboy5** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 10:26 pm

oh yeah Q, can you recommend a nice Microphone preamp? The cheaper the better really.. Bro wants to do some voice recording stuff for his (shitty) animations so I got a nice mic (woo heaviest mic I've ever held) for him, but it definitely needs an amp. Right now we're using his guitar amp lol, dunno if thats bad or not..

Q12321 · #12 Post by **Q12321** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 3:44 am

Do you know what kind of mic it is? And what kind of connection,

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#13 Post by **palmboy5** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 5:22 am

Well, the mic itself is the top one, but the cable it comes with goes from the top one to the bottom one.

mannyace · #14 Post by **mannyace** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 3:24 pm

what mic is it?