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Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 Reviewed

Posted by timothy on from the handy-built-in-digital-out-disabling dept.

Julio writes "For some, the Audigy 2 is what the original Audigy should have been, however without trying to underestimate Creative efforts, they are bringing us today a revamped soundcard that is set to raise the bar like the original Live! did, many years ago. You will be happy to know that Creative has taken care of the board quality from the ground up, newer and better DACs are used to ensure 24-Bit/96-kHz/192kHz playback and among the rest of niceties the card offers you have DVD-Audio playback, full 6.1 surround sound, THX certification and the mandatory (for a Creative soundcard) EAX Advanced HD."

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  1. Sweet! by intermodal · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Imagine a beow...wait a minute...

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  2. first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first post

  3. FP? by SpdRacerGuy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Did I manage to get one?

    Very glad to see Creative is trying to not be the "Microsoft" of Audio cards these days..

  4. First? by goosman · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I do not deserve this honor.

    1. Re:First? by goosman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Nor did I get it.....

  5. Yarr! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's drivin' me nuts!

    1. Re:Yarr! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      A pirate walks in to a bar with a steering wheel on his crotch. The bartender brings this to the pirate's attention. The pirate replies...

  6. 20th post! by famebait · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If that was interesting 'news', then so is this!

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  7. moron getting yOUR monIE's worth? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "A point I have been wanting to bring out, that is getting ignored, is the increasing conglomeration of business. Big corp's are buying up small businesses left and right. Dependents are few and far inbetween, and contractual agreements greatly restrict their access to the markets.

    Repubs talk about entrepreneurs, but the entrepreneurs are getting squeezed out and they aren't the ones making the big bucks, the people making the big bucks are the corporate politicians ( Executives and Investment Bankers ). These people create nothing, they are parasites, destroyers.

    I too see serious economic troubles ahead, I'm thinking depression. The laws have been stacked far too much in favor of the wealthy. Increased extensions of intellectual property laws for people who never created the property in the first place, coupled with weak or non-existant enforcement of laws against fraud, and barriers against civil action are all combining to create large fissure in our economy. The people in charge of our federal government certainly aren't going to fix these problems.

    Throw in this war Bush seems determined to wage in Iraq, and it might just be like dynamiting a fragile structure. The war might be won quickly, but the aftermath will be devastating. I think that Words of Woe does have a few points, one being that the rest of the world may very well boycott U.S. products simply because they don't like the arrogance of our leadership. If a depression comes, it will be worldwide, and the U.S. will get the blame."

    not that it really matters now, what anybody actually thinks.

  8. Re:Mac support by The+Lynxpro · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    hopefully this will resolve whatever software problem preventing Apple from shipping a two-button mouse with their machines... :)

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  9. Re:Dear slashdot.... by BitHive · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    They're extremely high? No, you're extremely high.