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In Reply to: Does Sound Card Matter In This Case posted by Dynaudio_Rules on December 28, 2006 at 14:47:25:
In playback using ASIO S/PDIF, my USB device and X-Fi do not sound the same. The X-Fi is worse: it does not have the clear spatial separation and immediate in-room vocal clarity and lightning higher frequencies that go *snap* that the USB device has.My guess is, the USB device has benefits due to being external from the PC and running off a different power supply.
However, I wouldn't say the X-Fi sounds more digital, or more fatiguing at all. The sound is more closed in, smeared, and relaxed. Kind of like a small portable music player. It's easy to tell which sound is technically superior, but there could be some who go either way in prefering one over the other.
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Follow Ups
- Yes - Adriel 22:17:05 12/29/06 (3)
- Re: Yes - Dynaudio_Rules 06:34:10 01/01/07 (2)
- Re: Yes - Adriel 14:01:48 01/01/07 (1)
- Re: Possible....Yes - Dynaudio_Rules 16:30:42 01/01/07 (0)
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