Just got my X-Fi Platinum

BONEHEAD · Dec 28, 2005, 01:32 AM

Well ups just deliverd my new sound card. Put it in and man this is a huge step from my A2zs. The sound quality is unbelivable. Cost 180 shipped from amazon. I realy did not need it but since a MAJOR system upgrade is the near future I decided to get new sound first.

It seems avery new product from cl they decide to remove features. I like the "Living Room" in cmss but now that is gone, oh well. The bass is very strong, and even stronger when 15db boost is enabled.

Now I need to go get another firewire card

I gave mine away cause the zs has firewire, but that card will never see my system agian.

BONEHEAD · Dec 28, 2005, 01:57 AM

Oh for those wanting to know about the zs dive working w/ this card I will test this weekend. And post my results. I know the connector cable is exactly the same as I am using withe Xfi card and drive.

BONEHEAD · Dec 28, 2005, 11:09 PM

Well I just hooked up the zs drive and it renders the xfi usless, when I booted the computer I had no sound, but the software said I had the card. So I guess the answer is NO you cannot use the zs drive on the xfi cards.

No_Style · Dec 28, 2005, 11:19 PM

I was looking at the X-Fi Xtrememusic card... I'm glad people are finding noticeable improvements over the Audigy 2 ZS with the X-Fi series.

**temeteus82** · Dec 28, 2005, 11:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by No_Style

I was looking at the X-Fi Xtrememusic card... I'm glad people are finding noticeable improvements over the Audigy 2 ZS with the X-Fi series.

From Live 5.1 to eXtreme music it was huge leap forward

Shakey_Jake33 · Dec 29, 2005, 10:13 AM

I'm hearing nothing but good things about moving up from the A2ZS to this card. I did expect the difference to be incremental, but it does seem to be pretty large after all.

How are the 24bit crystaliser and the new CMSS options? Do they live up to the hype?

**temeteus82** · Dec 29, 2005, 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shakey_Jake33

How are the 24bit crystaliser and the new CMSS options? Do they live up to the hype?

I vote for yes in this case....

Rogacz · Dec 30, 2005, 02:48 PM

CMSS is really great, especialy the stereo expand option, and Headphone mode in CMSS. Stereo expand is great, but can't be used in all music genres, but headphone one is just awesome. It makes me forget that I'm wearing headphones.

Crystalizer is nice too. I've got it set on 100% for all the time and it's really nice to hear music with this.

However don't believe cl that it will make your mp3's even better than oryginal cd ;]

It makes good music to sound better, that's all ;-)

sovietdoc · Dec 31, 2005, 04:10 AM

Meh, I picked up one of those extreme music cards from best buy and noticed no difference in sound quality. So I just returned it and stopped caring. I guess with enough high end speakers you can't hear the difference if using X-Fi drivers on Audigy anyways.

Robert McClelland · Dec 31, 2005, 04:45 AM

Can you upload your Image ISO cd for us? hehe some of trying mod it :P you can used filefactory

just google it

heheh

**dj_stick** · Dec 31, 2005, 05:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sovietdoc

Meh, I picked up one of those extreme music cards from best buy and noticed no difference in sound quality. So I just returned it and stopped caring. I guess with enough high end speakers you can't hear the difference if using X-Fi drivers on Audigy anyways.

that's actually not true

the quality of sound is mainly based on the hardware, not software (unless you have poorly coded,ala creative, drivers). but the quality of an x-fi cannot possibly be obtained with an audigy

GeneralClaymore · Dec 31, 2005, 07:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rogacz

CMSS is really great, especialy the stereo expand option, and Headphone mode in CMSS. Stereo expand is great, but can't be used in all music genres, but headphone one is just awesome. It makes me forget that I'm wearing headphones.

Crystalizer is nice too. I've got it set on 100% for all the time and it's really nice to hear music with this.

However don't believe cl that it will make your mp3's even better than oryginal cd ;]

It makes good music to sound better, that's all ;-)

i dont know about you but it did make my mp3 sound better then before with it reguardless what you say.

Necrosis · Dec 31, 2005, 08:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dj_stick

that's actually not true

the quality of sound is mainly based on the hardware, not software (unless you have poorly coded,ala creative, drivers). but the quality of an x-fi cannot possibly be obtained with an audigy

I agree with this as well. I love my card, and wouldn't go back to any of the previous versions.

Shakey_Jake33 · Dec 31, 2005, 10:27 AM

Dammit!

I did hope I could avoid this upgrade and save some cash. I'm not an audiophile or anything, but my new speakers have got me 'in the mood', and how you guys have got me convinced I *need* and X-Fi! =P

That said, good to hear it's a real upgrade, none of the nonsense that was the Audigy4.

BONEHEAD · Dec 31, 2005, 02:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robert McClelland

Can you upload your Image ISO cd for us? hehe some of trying mod it :P you can used filefactory

just google it

heheh

Will do.
SB_INSTALL.rar of size 438.893 MB
Reuploading.

Robert McClelland · Jan 3, 2006, 05:35 AM

Thanks dude your awesome

I pass it along to Leon

Robert McClelland · Jan 3, 2006, 04:59 PM

reupload the file it has fail

BONEHEAD · Jan 4, 2006, 01:38 AM

I'm going to have to find another site.

sarelc · Jan 4, 2006, 01:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dj_stick

the quality of sound is mainly based on the hardware, not software (unless you have poorly coded,ala creative, drivers)...

But these are creative drivers, heheh.

The audio codecs themselves also has a lot to do with it - if you have some good headphones, plug them into your soundcard and listen to some of the low frequency M4A clips found here with different players (they may prompt to save as .mp3 due to the site's configuration, so rename them). The difference between the output from winamp's decoder and quicktime, for instance, is rather distressing, especially when qt isn't originally for the pc platform!
I don't really agree with Creative saying the X-Fi bass boost is 15dB, while it is "true" in a sense, in practice the output should only be about 5dB more than the other channels, due to it being normally attenuated by about 10dB to comply with Dolby's specs

g35x · Jan 4, 2006, 12:50 PM

i have an xtreme music and i thought i was crazy for spending that much on sound but id heard how good it was and wanted to go all out on my computer the CMSS headphone thing is amazeing it blew me away ive never been better at counter-strike source on the small user-created maps i play on i can hear where everyone is =p

BONEHEAD · Jan 5, 2006, 12:29 AM

I tried to upload to several diff. places and did not work so I can do this.
My comp is on 24/7 so I will keep emule running.

ftp://66.25.177.130/

My ftp site.

**dj_stick** · Jan 5, 2006, 02:32 AM

that spacing is probably part of the forum code, i'll try to edit your post and fix the link for you

BONEHEAD · Jan 5, 2006, 03:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dj_stick

that spacing is probably part of the forum code, i'll try to edit your post and fix the link for you

Works.
Thanks.

Robert McClelland · Jan 5, 2006, 05:47 AM

me going have wait to next Tuesday to grab it

It doesn't mean I have need it lol I love my modded audgiy4

Dec 28, 2005, 01:32 AM	#1
BONEHEAD DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: TEXAS Posts: 182 Rep Power: 0	Just got my X-Fi Platinum Well ups just deliverd my new sound card. Put it in and man this is a huge step from my A2zs. The sound quality is unbelivable. Cost 180 shipped from amazon. I realy did not need it but since a MAJOR system upgrade is the near future I decided to get new sound first. It seems avery new product from cl they decide to remove features. I like the "Living Room" in cmss but now that is gone, oh well. The bass is very strong, and even stronger when 15db boost is enabled. Now I need to go get another firewire card I gave mine away cause the zs has firewire, but that card will never see my system agian. __________________ [COLOR=red]Xp Pro Sp2 Amd Athlon 2400+ O/C 2800+ (2250 GHZ)Antec True 550 ps Dragon Orb 3 7000rpm 2 80mm Case fans [/COLOR] [COLOR=red]2 40mm case fans[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]1.5 Gig Ecc Ram Msi KT2 COMBO[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]Adaptec 29320A-R[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]8 Seagate 36 gig ultra 320 10k [/COLOR] [COLOR=red]1 Toshiba SD-M1401 [/COLOR] [COLOR=red]1 Plextor 124TS cdrw [/COLOR] [COLOR=red]2 Nec4551a 1 Samsung TS-H552U 1 Nec3520a[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]Ati AIW Radeon 8500 128mb SoundBlaster X-Fi Platinum[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]Midiland sm7401 5.1 Hp 4C scanner VPR 17'' Lcd[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]Apc Back-ups RS1500[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000][/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000]Taken by the ex maybe to return soon[/COLOR]

Dec 28, 2005, 01:57 AM	Thread Starter #2
BONEHEAD DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: TEXAS Posts: 182 Rep Power: 0	Oh for those wanting to know about the zs dive working w/ this card I will test this weekend. And post my results. I know the connector cable is exactly the same as I am using withe Xfi card and drive. __________________ [COLOR=red]Xp Pro Sp2 Amd Athlon 2400+ O/C 2800+ (2250 GHZ)Antec True 550 ps Dragon Orb 3 7000rpm 2 80mm Case fans [/COLOR] [COLOR=red]2 40mm case fans[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]1.5 Gig Ecc Ram Msi KT2 COMBO[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]Adaptec 29320A-R[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]8 Seagate 36 gig ultra 320 10k [/COLOR] [COLOR=red]1 Toshiba SD-M1401 [/COLOR] [COLOR=red]1 Plextor 124TS cdrw [/COLOR] [COLOR=red]2 Nec4551a 1 Samsung TS-H552U 1 Nec3520a[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]Ati AIW Radeon 8500 128mb SoundBlaster X-Fi Platinum[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]Midiland sm7401 5.1 Hp 4C scanner VPR 17'' Lcd[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]Apc Back-ups RS1500[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000][/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000]Taken by the ex maybe to return soon[/COLOR]

Dec 28, 2005, 11:09 PM	Thread Starter #3
BONEHEAD DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: TEXAS Posts: 182 Rep Power: 0	Well I just hooked up the zs drive and it renders the xfi usless, when I booted the computer I had no sound, but the software said I had the card. So I guess the answer is NO you cannot use the zs drive on the xfi cards. __________________ [COLOR=red]Xp Pro Sp2 Amd Athlon 2400+ O/C 2800+ (2250 GHZ)Antec True 550 ps Dragon Orb 3 7000rpm 2 80mm Case fans [/COLOR] [COLOR=red]2 40mm case fans[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]1.5 Gig Ecc Ram Msi KT2 COMBO[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]Adaptec 29320A-R[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]8 Seagate 36 gig ultra 320 10k [/COLOR] [COLOR=red]1 Toshiba SD-M1401 [/COLOR] [COLOR=red]1 Plextor 124TS cdrw [/COLOR] [COLOR=red]2 Nec4551a 1 Samsung TS-H552U 1 Nec3520a[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]Ati AIW Radeon 8500 128mb SoundBlaster X-Fi Platinum[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]Midiland sm7401 5.1 Hp 4C scanner VPR 17'' Lcd[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]Apc Back-ups RS1500[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000][/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000]Taken by the ex maybe to return soon[/COLOR]

Dec 28, 2005, 11:19 PM	#4
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,034 Rep Power: 0	I was looking at the X-Fi Xtrememusic card... I'm glad people are finding noticeable improvements over the Audigy 2 ZS with the X-Fi series. __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here

Dec 29, 2005, 10:13 AM	#6
Shakey_Jake33 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Bristol, UK Posts: 80 Rep Power: 0	I'm hearing nothing but good things about moving up from the A2ZS to this card. I did expect the difference to be incremental, but it does seem to be pretty large after all. How are the 24bit crystaliser and the new CMSS options? Do they live up to the hype? __________________ CPU: Intel Core2 Extreme X6800 2.93GHz RAM: 2GB (2X1) GEiL DDR2 800MHz CAS4 GPU: OCUK GeForce 7900 GTO SILENT 512Meg Motherboard: Asus P5W DH Deluxe Sound Card: Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic Speakers: Logitech Z-5500 Digital 5.1 Case: Antec P180 Black PSU: Seasonic S12 600W

Dec 30, 2005, 02:48 PM	#8
Rogacz Porcupine Floyd Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Poland Posts: 422 Rep Power: 0	CMSS is really great, especialy the stereo expand option, and Headphone mode in CMSS. Stereo expand is great, but can't be used in all music genres, but headphone one is just awesome. It makes me forget that I'm wearing headphones. Crystalizer is nice too. I've got it set on 100% for all the time and it's really nice to hear music with this. However don't believe cl that it will make your mp3's even better than oryginal cd ;] It makes good music to sound better, that's all ;-) __________________

Dec 31, 2005, 04:10 AM	#9
sovietdoc DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 121 Rep Power: 0	Meh, I picked up one of those extreme music cards from best buy and noticed no difference in sound quality. So I just returned it and stopped caring. I guess with enough high end speakers you can't hear the difference if using X-Fi drivers on Audigy anyways. __________________

Dec 31, 2005, 04:45 AM	#10
Robert McClelland PAX Tweaker, PAX Expert. Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Somewhere in Wood County Ohio Same Town :) Posts: 10,641 Rep Power: 196 System Specs	Can you upload your Image ISO cd for us? hehe some of trying mod it :P you can used filefactory just google it heheh __________________ "XTREME AUDIO IS CRAP!" "There no support for it. It's crapist card on face of the earth it should be throw into the sun" http://www.speedtest.net/result/1949536385.png

Dec 31, 2005, 10:27 AM	#14
Shakey_Jake33 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Bristol, UK Posts: 80 Rep Power: 0	Dammit! I did hope I could avoid this upgrade and save some cash. I'm not an audiophile or anything, but my new speakers have got me 'in the mood', and how you guys have got me convinced I need and X-Fi! =P That said, good to hear it's a real upgrade, none of the nonsense that was the Audigy4. __________________ CPU: Intel Core2 Extreme X6800 2.93GHz RAM: 2GB (2X1) GEiL DDR2 800MHz CAS4 GPU: OCUK GeForce 7900 GTO SILENT 512Meg Motherboard: Asus P5W DH Deluxe Sound Card: Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic Speakers: Logitech Z-5500 Digital 5.1 Case: Antec P180 Black PSU: Seasonic S12 600W

Jan 3, 2006, 05:35 AM	#16
Robert McClelland PAX Tweaker, PAX Expert. Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Somewhere in Wood County Ohio Same Town :) Posts: 10,641 Rep Power: 196 System Specs	Thanks dude your awesome I pass it along to Leon __________________ "XTREME AUDIO IS CRAP!" "There no support for it. It's crapist card on face of the earth it should be throw into the sun" http://www.speedtest.net/result/1949536385.png

Jan 3, 2006, 04:59 PM	#17
Robert McClelland PAX Tweaker, PAX Expert. Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Somewhere in Wood County Ohio Same Town :) Posts: 10,641 Rep Power: 196 System Specs	reupload the file it has fail __________________ "XTREME AUDIO IS CRAP!" "There no support for it. It's crapist card on face of the earth it should be throw into the sun" http://www.speedtest.net/result/1949536385.png

Jan 4, 2006, 01:38 AM	Thread Starter #18
BONEHEAD DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: TEXAS Posts: 182 Rep Power: 0	I'm going to have to find another site. __________________ [COLOR=red]Xp Pro Sp2 Amd Athlon 2400+ O/C 2800+ (2250 GHZ)Antec True 550 ps Dragon Orb 3 7000rpm 2 80mm Case fans [/COLOR] [COLOR=red]2 40mm case fans[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]1.5 Gig Ecc Ram Msi KT2 COMBO[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]Adaptec 29320A-R[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]8 Seagate 36 gig ultra 320 10k [/COLOR] [COLOR=red]1 Toshiba SD-M1401 [/COLOR] [COLOR=red]1 Plextor 124TS cdrw [/COLOR] [COLOR=red]2 Nec4551a 1 Samsung TS-H552U 1 Nec3520a[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]Ati AIW Radeon 8500 128mb SoundBlaster X-Fi Platinum[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]Midiland sm7401 5.1 Hp 4C scanner VPR 17'' Lcd[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]Apc Back-ups RS1500[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000][/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000]Taken by the ex maybe to return soon[/COLOR] Last edited by BONEHEAD; Jan 4, 2006 at 01:46 AM.

Jan 4, 2006, 12:50 PM	#20
g35x Hellhound Pilot Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deptford, New Jersey Posts: 1,100 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	i have an xtreme music and i thought i was crazy for spending that much on sound but id heard how good it was and wanted to go all out on my computer the CMSS headphone thing is amazeing it blew me away ive never been better at counter-strike source on the small user-created maps i play on i can hear where everyone is =p __________________

Jan 5, 2006, 12:29 AM	Thread Starter #21
BONEHEAD DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: TEXAS Posts: 182 Rep Power: 0	I tried to upload to several diff. places and did not work so I can do this. My comp is on 24/7 so I will keep emule running. ftp://66.25.177.130/ My ftp site. __________________ [COLOR=red]Xp Pro Sp2 Amd Athlon 2400+ O/C 2800+ (2250 GHZ)Antec True 550 ps Dragon Orb 3 7000rpm 2 80mm Case fans [/COLOR] [COLOR=red]2 40mm case fans[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]1.5 Gig Ecc Ram Msi KT2 COMBO[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]Adaptec 29320A-R[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]8 Seagate 36 gig ultra 320 10k [/COLOR] [COLOR=red]1 Toshiba SD-M1401 [/COLOR] [COLOR=red]1 Plextor 124TS cdrw [/COLOR] [COLOR=red]2 Nec4551a 1 Samsung TS-H552U 1 Nec3520a[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]Ati AIW Radeon 8500 128mb SoundBlaster X-Fi Platinum[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]Midiland sm7401 5.1 Hp 4C scanner VPR 17'' Lcd[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]Apc Back-ups RS1500[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000][/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000]Taken by the ex maybe to return soon[/COLOR] Last edited by BONEHEAD; Jan 7, 2006 at 03:24 PM.

Jan 5, 2006, 05:47 AM	#24
Robert McClelland PAX Tweaker, PAX Expert. Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Somewhere in Wood County Ohio Same Town :) Posts: 10,641 Rep Power: 196 System Specs	me going have wait to next Tuesday to grab it It doesn't mean I have need it lol I love my modded audgiy4 __________________ "XTREME AUDIO IS CRAP!" "There no support for it. It's crapist card on face of the earth it should be throw into the sun" http://www.speedtest.net/result/1949536385.png