All my speakers are about 1.5 metres from where I usually sit, apart from the front right which is about. With it set up like this I can actually hear the 2 rears now. I have in the past had problems getting enough volume to the 2 rear speakers. Then set DTT3500 to Fourpoint/optical/line in/digital in. I have tried various combinations of inputs from the card to the DTT3500 and find the best connections are to use the spdif out and the l-r front line out and l -r rear out. That packed up a month ago and I bought a creative OEM Z card (no microphone). Until recently I had tried the onboard sound on my Asrock H77M and although it was good it wasnt as good as when I used my Creative 5.1 gamer card. Glad to see there are still other users of DTT3500 out there. Your comparison with other cards has been very informative.Ĭan I just ask what on board audio you have, and how that compares with the Z. The way of fixing it is reinstalling the drivers. Like many times over the years, the X-Fi CMSS-3D Stereo Envelopment slider will break and have no effect. Then I went to show them, but was reminded why I wanted to get rid of the X-Fi in the first place. I told them about how the X-Fi can fill the speakers and how the Z couldn't, and that it would maybe change their minds. One such thing is the base being much more defined than the X-Fi and how the Xonar's base was pitiful. When comparing directly, you really notice that the Z is leagues ahead the X-Fi in quality. It was unanimous that the SoundBlaster Z was by far the best sounding on the 5.1 system, and that the Xonar, was pretty terrible. So I installed all three of them at the same time and compared them one after another. Also one thinks the Xonar, based on reviews, was probably the best. I was telling my roomates about these sound cards, and they wouldn't believe me that they make any difference at all. Since you're using a surround sound system, speaker fill might be important to you as well. I'm not sure how much of a difference the S/N ratio makes in the real world, but on the z5300e it's high enough to discern the difference between different sound cards. The Satellites have been upgraded to higher quality 3inch drivers. I wonder how the Cambridge Soundworks DTT3500 (that I got with a SBLive! years back, and it has seen me through 4 house moves so far!) compares to your Logitech z5300e. I am afraid I am one of these people with an irrational siding for particular manufacturers - and i am firmly in the Intel/Nvidia/CreAtive camp for my sins. Thanks for that link - it has just confused me even more (except for the Xonar bit) If a game actually takes advantage of EAX5, you better have an unused cpu core free or you're gonna take a frame rate hit. You may have also heard that the Z has "4 cores", but every audio chip since the original soundblaster had 4 cores, but actually they're DSP's. The X-Fi has the lowest SNR of the 3 and the reduction in clarity is comparatively apparent. The Xonar sucks at up-mixing 2-channel audio to surround sound. The SoundBlaster Z does not have hardware acceleration or speaker fill. If you want the jack of all trades, master of none, get a SoundBlaster Z If you want the best surround sound and gaming, get an old X-Fi If you want amazing headphone quality, get a Xonar. I just made a thread that sums up my experiences with the X-Fi, Xonar, and SoundBlaster Z because I'm not sure which one I want to keep. So - would I benefit from a Z? Or would I not notice any difference? I know this can be subjective.Īlso, if I went for the Z - would I notice much difference between the Z and the ZxrR (I know the Zx is the same as the Z with *possibly* some higher spec components and an external volume control). On this my mind is made up - stick with on board or get a SBZ. Not really interested in Xonar, or any other offerings. I am interested in the SoundBlaster Z range of cards to be fair, mainly on the gaming side. I mostly play games, but do listen to some music - but am not an audiophile. I understand that there are many opinions on discrete vs newer onboard vs external amps/dacs etc. I plan to get the TOSLINK, and a newer pair of headphones too (not sure what to look at here), but am also wondering if I should look at moving to a discrete audio card. I have yet to set this up with a TOSLINK cable, so am currently limited to 4 point surround. I currently use it with a cheapish pair of headphones and my old Cambridge Soundworks Digital Desktop Theatre 3500. I have an Asus Z87 Sabertooth which comes with Realtek ALC1150 on board.
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