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Soundcards and Speakers 
Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio PCIe
Posted by: on: 03/03/2008 03:00 PM [
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Bordering on false advertisement, Creative's latest X-Fi isn't an X-Fi at all, it's a new rev of the Audigy series using the X-Fi drivers and gliding on the PCI Express bus. The EAX gaming enhancements are gone, however, in favor of the more usable Crystallizer and CMSS3D functions. The X-Audio does provide a good value with decent performance, stability, and last but not least, is does sound good.
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Turtle Beach Earforce HPA2 Surround Sound Headphones
Posted by: on: 10/25/2007 02:00 PM [
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Turtle Beach unleashes the Earforce HPA2 Surround Sound Headphones to gamers with lousy neighbors and a headphone fetish. With 5.1 surround, an independent amp, a microphone, quality construction, and decent comfort all combine to make an exceptionally complete package. A decidedly high-end product, the HPA2 are not cheap, but they do deliver. The only downside is that you still might have lousy neighbors.
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Auzentech X-Fi Prelude 7.1 review
Posted by: on: 09/13/2007 02:00 PM [
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A wunderkind with family troubles, Auzentech's X-Fi Prelude combines Creative's X-Fi with high-quality components to create an uber sound card that not only sounds good, it also plays good. But, the X-Fi Prelude also shares the X-Fi's drivers, which loosely translates into trouble.
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Everglide s-500 Professional Gaming Headphones
Posted by: on: 12/17/2006 03:00 PM [
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The Everglide s-500 Professional Gaming Headphones are big and scary. The understated sealed-back design offers good sound isolation and snappy sound, good for immersing you in the game, but they might be slightly uncomfortable for those with big ears like me. You also get a clip on microphone and a carry case for traveling to LAN events. But for $99 you might think twice, and I wouldn\'t blame you.
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Auzentech X-Meridian 7.1 review
Posted by: on: 12/12/2006 03:00 PM [
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Auzentech's X-Meridian sound card is a high-end encoding sound card that's big on sound quality, featuring 8-channel 24 bit/192 KHz output, DTS and Dolby Digital Live encoding, and includes both coaxial and optical digitial output as well as input. This card will impress you with its sound quality, besting the X-Fi in everything but gaming. Put it in your computer and long live the king, baby.
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Auzentech's HDA X-Plosion 7.1 DTS-Connect
Posted by: on: 08/17/2006 07:00 AM [
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Auzentech's HDA X-Plosion 7.1 DTS-Connect is a capable and smartly designed sound card aimed at HTPC enthusiasts. Does it perform? Should you buy one? Oh, yes. Go buy one first, and then read the article.
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The CoolerMaster Musketeer 3
Posted by: on: 11/30/2005 09:00 AM [
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The Musketeer 3 is CoolerMaster's foray into the bygone analog era passed. It puts the tube back into your computer, reviving the retro stereophonic sound. The Musketeer 3 is smooth, classy, and well made, but it also comes with a few flaws.
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X-Fi Xtreme Music Sound Blaster review
Posted by: on: 10/19/2005 07:00 AM [
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Creative's entry level X-Fi turns out to be pretty killer. All new hardware, all new software, makes this thing all the better. Gone are the old annoyances of the Audigy series, replaced by the X-Fi, which isn't very annoying at all!
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X-Fi Fatality FPS SoundBlaster review
Posted by: on: 08/22/2005 07:00 AM [
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With a product name reminding of Hi Fi which basically means an electronic system for reproducing high-fidelity sound (the reproduction of sound with little or no distortion), creative called their new gem "X-Fi" which is short for eXtreme Fidelity. As you'll find throughout the review, this is mostly true. The new series has some amazing new features and reproduces sound quality at the level you can find in a modern recording studio.
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iRIVER H10
Posted by: on: 04/22/2005 07:00 AM [
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After researching the product, going on forums and asking, I finally realized the player out there that did everything an IPod did plus more was none other than iRiver's H10. The H10 sports a 5GB hard disk, a 1.5" color LCD screen, FM tuner/recorder, Picture viewer, as well as a microphone. The player also comes in 4 different colors: "Lounge Grey", "Remix Blue", "Trance Red", and "Triple Platinum". The look of this player in my opinion destroys any competition on the market now, especially the IPod.
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iRIVER
Creative Labs Gigaworks S750 7.1 Speakers
Posted by: on: 03/28/2005 08:00 AM [
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So 7.1 surround sound, do we really need to invest in it ? Ehm, no ... But I can tell you it does make a very nice difference over the traditional 5.1 setup for sure. I'll explain all that on this multi purpose speaker set later on when I will talk a little about my game/movie/music experiences in combination with the GigaWorks S750's.
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iRiver H320 20GB multi-codec jukebox
Posted by: on: 03/10/2005 09:00 AM [
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The iRiver H320 is a 20GB portable music player. It isn't for everyone, but for those who have a little patients to master it functions, you'll end up loving it. The H320 does so much more than just music, though. You also get the FM tuner, text, and the ability to record from just about any source, from microphone to line-in. The H320 also features a brilliant 2.0" color display to view your JPEG's or BMP. Overall, it's fast and sexy, and definitely different. What more could you want?
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Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro
Posted by: on: 02/06/2005 09:00 AM [
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In December something big was released by Creative labs. And the fun thing is .. almost all of you missed it didn't you? Really silently Creative Labs pushed forward a new soundcard under the label Audigy 4 You'd expect a big marketing campaign with bells and whistles and preferably gorgeous blonde women jumping up and down with the soundcard ... but that did not happen.
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Gainward Music2Go 7.1 & SoundXPlosion 5.1 headphones
Posted by: on: 10/05/2004 07:00 AM [
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The Gainward Music2Go is a surprisingly good USB soundpuck, and the SoundXPlosion 5.1 surround headphones are better for games and DVD than they are for music.
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I-Trigue L3450 2.1 Speakers review
Posted by: on: 04/28/2004 07:00 AM [
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The glossy white and tasty style of I-Trigue L3450 satellite speaker incorporates a Lateral Firing Transducer (LFT), and 2 premium Titanium micro drivers, adding acoustic fidelity beyond ordinary desktop speakers. Combine that with the 30 Watt RMS subwoofer and you're in for some really nice desktop music, this dear Guru's is the I-Trigue L3450, we are reviewing the white version, of course there's a black version available also.
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Mad Dog Entertainer 7.1 Sound Card
Posted by: on: 04/22/2004 07:00 AM [
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The Mad Dog Multimedia Entertainer 7.1 is an entry level 24 bit/192kHz sound card aimed at HTPC or gamers on an extreme budget. Proving that you get what you pay for, it's the slowest sound card we've tested in 5 very new games.
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Creative Labs Audigy2 ZS Review
Posted by: on: 03/03/2004 09:00 AM [
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Creative GigaWorks S750 Review
Posted by: on: 01/13/2004 09:00 AM [
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So you read our Creative Inspire T7700 7.1 Speakers review , soon we'll do the new I-Trigue set yet what does the Gigaworks S750 7.1 bring us, well a heck lot more power
700 Watts to be precise. Creative Labs Gigaworks is the high-end series of their speaker line-up. If you are a true sound guru and are willing to spend the cash on it then look no further. In this review we are going to give you a small overview on what these speakers are about, and hey .. they are even better than Logitech's 680 THX series !
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AudioTrak Prodigy 7.1 Sound Card review
Posted by: on: 12/16/2003 09:00 AM [
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Inspire T7700 7.1 Speakers review
Posted by: on: 11/25/2003 09:00 AM [
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So you crave the need for Dolby Digital in it's widest form, your problem .. money. DTS, DTS ES, 7.1 Channels game and movie playback it's all so teasing isn't it ? More importantly, it's all so expensive ! Creative Labs however is clever, a speaker for every price range. And for about 120 EUR you can pick up their Creative Inspire t7700 speakers set. Not just 2.1, 4.1 or 5.1 no, we are talking about 7 speakers and a subwoofer .. yes if you look around a bit you'll spot them for 120 EUR.
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Hercules DJ Console review
Posted by: on: 11/17/2003 09:00 AM [
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Most of us can't afford expensive mixing and DJ consoles, turntables, and CD-Players that can handle BPM. But we all do have a fast PC and a crapload of MP3's right ? So all you need is a device that controls the PC and MP3's and that's exactly what the Hercules DJ Console does, basically a mix-console with built in soundcard.
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M-Audio Revolution 7.1 Sound Card
Posted by: on: 09/10/2003 07:00 AM [
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The M-Audio Revolution 7.1 is a high-quality 24bit/192kHz sound card aimed at the gamer and music lover.
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Revolution
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 Platinum eX
Posted by: on: 06/17/2003 07:00 AM [
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TerraTec DMX 6-fire
Posted by: on: 03/26/2003 09:00 AM [
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Two high-end sound cards duke it out: the TerraTec DMX 6-fire and the Creative SoundBlaster Audigy2
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Creative Labs I-Trigue 3300 Speakers
Posted by: on: 01/21/2003 09:00 AM [
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It's not our habit to review speaker set's too often. But Creative Labs recently released the I-Trigue 3300 and well .. I was at the least intrigued by this speaker-set. It's not a mumbo jumbo 5.1, or 6.1 channel speaker set or extremely powerful loudspeaker set. No it's a small, high-end yet very stylish looking 2.1 speaker set which consists out of a nice sub-woofer and two very cute looking satellite speakers that our made out of stylish titanium. Each satellite is finished in a decent, die-cast alloy body that houses three high-precision titanium drivers, which should deliver you clarity and more accurate audio delivery than aluminum drivers.
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