Recent content by noxlord

You might want to consider the Audio-gd NFB-11. It's a bit uncommon, but a true quality product with a solid manufacturer reputation. It's also quite convenient for switching between monitor and headphones. It will set you back 305U$D, but it's an entirely different category than a...

Do we even have any info about SC2 hardware requirements ? It might as well be released at the same time as Duke Nukem Forever ...

Oups, I assumed the XL2370 was using the c-pva panel ... my mistake.

I would not bother too much with the slightly different model number. Tech companies often makes vendor-exclusive product variant (with no or virtually no tangible difference) so they can't be price-matched. WalMart is pretty big on that dirty trick. It could also be panel lottery, but I'm...

Try to play your music with foobar2000 and the channel mixer extension. Right now, you may have a 5.1 setup, but you are playing music recorded in stereo (2.0) format. In this case, only the 2 fronts will receive signal.

bi-wiring and bi-amping is different. That being said, I think you should go for 7.1. Your receiver is plenty powerful for those front speakers.

It does look simple and unrefined, but that is just the surface. The technical refinements and endless expansion possibilities are making it a geat choice. you can customize it too.

Well, audio products from creative are marketed and targeted (mainly) at "Gamers". They promote flashy sound effects and other gimmic that actually change your sound in a negative way. Also, most of their cards don't support industry standards like from pannel audio connectors, they have pci-e...

There is no competition, the Xonar DX is superiou to the creative. Not only for the sound quality, but for dolby headphones.

is there a ripper that can download album art as well as the tag info ?

Foobar2000 is the way to go. Use ASIO or WASAPI (if vista or win7). google it. It does a difference. This is truly the best audio player out there and it's extremely simple. It also handle large library with ease.

Are you using headphones a lot, or desktop speakers ? Do you have a receiver ? What kind of audio gear do you have ?

Personally, I would let the receiver decode and amplify the signal. It just makes more sense.

Anything in the Asus Xonar range is ok. Don't go for creative ... The DS should do the trick if you don't care about sound quality. (you obviously don't since you brought those awful speakers) If not, go for the DX.

My ATH AD700 seriously fuck up my hairs.