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Hellsbellboy · Mon Sep 01, 2003 11:18 pm

What's the difference between the two.. I'm building a friend a PC, and have a Audigy 2 in it.. and it's sweet.. but i see the Audigy 1 at newegg.com for $57, and thinking of getting one, Audigy 1 that is.. I just use Headphones.. but it sounds much better then the Intergrated Sound I have in my ECS K7S5a motherboard. Is the Audigy 1 good.. or should i pay more for the Audigy 2? thank you

Tue Sep 02, 2003 12:56 am

Even a SB Live (which are very cheap these days) will sound better than most integrated audio.

Turtle Beach Santa Cruz is very nice (and cheaper than Audigy 2).

Rakhmaninov3 · Tue Sep 02, 2003 1:29 am

Audigy 2 has true 24 bit sound, and the 1 only has 16bit (though put through a 24 bit DAC, but that only gives you high-fidelity 16 bit and not true 24 bit).

On headphones (unless they're top-quality headphones) I doubt you'd notice much of a difference, though. On some Klipsch ProMedia or Logitech z680s, though, you'd probably notice it and want to have its children.

Hellsbellboy · Tue Sep 02, 2003 10:10 pm

So would u guys just go with the Audigy OEM which is $57 at Newegg, or the Audigy 2 OEM for $78.00.

FroBozz_Inc · Tue Sep 02, 2003 10:39 pm

What kinda speakers ya got?

Why not spend slightly more and get this if you have good speakers:

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduct.a ... 101&depa=1

Hellsbellboy · Wed Sep 03, 2003 1:12 am

I have Philips Stero Headphones.. cost like $25 bucks..

b0nes · Wed Sep 03, 2003 1:56 am

Unless you're gonna buy some top end speakers; just buy the SB Audigy card. I prefer my Audigy card over the onboard Nvidia Soundstorm on my A7N8X Deluxe. The Audigy card seemed a lot more clearer. It's a great sound card.

Wed Sep 03, 2003 7:55 am

I think this thread would do well in the Sound forum.

Forge · Sun Nov 02, 2003 4:30 pm

Audigy over SoundStorm? Either your mobo is defective, your Audigy is way better than the 3 ro 4 I've used, or you have very atypical ears.

Of course, SoundStorm outputting digitally beats analog anything, every time.

rika13 · Wed Nov 05, 2003 5:00 am

forge is right, get yourself a nice soundstorm board if you have ddr ram (the k7s5a can take both ddr and sdr). my nf7-s sounds better than my game theater xp every did (but i will miss having 14 bajillion jacks ill never use) and seems to clip less when i crank it up

it also sounds better than my roomate's audigy and the drivers are much easier to use (though about getting an audigy 2 at the time, bought a mobo instead, happy i did too)

etilena · Wed Nov 05, 2003 5:03 am

How about analog Audigy over analog Soundstorm as a comparison? Or should one just get a set of speakers with digital input?

rika13 · Sat Dec 06, 2003 3:56 pm

soundstorm kills audigy, sorry for the late reply

digital out, better sound, better drivers, no HUGE pci card needed, dolby cert.

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