![]() ![]() My wife is still using an Audigy 2Zs card in Win7 and the card sounds great-but not as good as the x-Fi-the difference between the cards even in games is detectable by the naked ear. Positional sound in games doesn't transmute so well (or at all) in a digital setup. I had the x-Fi Titanium along with a Klipsch 5.1 analog gaming system and the fidelity and positional sound in games was terrific. But if you want 5.1 positional sound in games, I wasn't aware of there being much of a choice outside of Creative. If all you do is movie playback then I can understand being happy over ditching your Creative x-Fi, I suppose. ![]() ) Didn't realize I'd interrupt a Creative bitching session. I'd imagine the guts are much of the same other than the interface, but the PCIe version should nicely bypass the problems wrought by pumping out audio over USB. But all of this pent-up angst against Creative doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me.It looks like there's going to be a USB version and a discrete PCIe soundcard. I am not impressed by *anything* USB as far as sound goes, so this thing Creative has released sounds a bit goofy/ungainly to me. But when it comes to speakers I'm not sure if Creative has such an advantage here. Most games may do their own 5.1 mixing (as Verno notes), but for headphones you still need further processing to make that surround sound for headphones. I only use headphones no one has a HRTF system nearly as good as Creative's. In addition, for voice communications, the Sound Blaster Recon3D improves voice quality with CrystalVoiceT processing, which implements innovative technologies that are specially designed to deliver crystal clear vocal fidelity in multiplayer games, online chats and video conferencing. The Sound Blaster Recon3D features Dolby DigitalĀ® enabled via the optical input to provide full 5.1 surround decoding, which combines with THX TruStudio Pro Surround to deliver stunning accuracy and positional audio playback over a gaming headset and an amazing virtual multi-speaker movie listening experience over headphones. It dramatically improves the audio playback quality and experience with THX TruStudio ProT, a suite of audio enhancements developed by the collaborative expertise of Creative and THX audio engineers. Here's what this involves: The Sound Blaster Recon3D comes in a compact size similar to a gaming mouse and easily connects to an Xbox 360, PS3, PC or Mac via USB. Creative announces Sound Blaster Recon3D, a cross-platform USB audio device they call "The Ultimate Sound Processor for the PC, Mac, Xbox 360 and PS3." These will be available next month for a suggested retail price of $129.99 USD. ![]()
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