Creative GigaWorks 7.1 S750 THXÂ® Speakers or Logitech Z680s?

pr0digal jenius · Dec 2, 2004, 07:20 PM

Vampy...me and a friend concocted a 1300 watt 13.3 setup one night viea the wonders of cable splicing.(2 logitech THX 4.1 systems and a klipsch promedia 5.1)....yea...the with those 3 subs the room smelled of ozone b/c the bass was powerful enough to stip oxygen atoms off in the air

As per your testign Z, have you played with the THX panel yet? Also....in the EAX Panel under CMSS...what setting do you have? I use stereo myself at about 25% rear since is it so close to the front channel.

EDIT: nevermind....had a mental lapse...yer using onboard sound

Zardon · Dec 2, 2004, 07:23 PM

Those options arent available on the intel 7:1 cmedia control panel, but im happy with the balance. ive an audigy 2 laying around and while the stereo sound was a little better (marginally in this weird shaped room) than the intel 7.1 the movie side of things took a dump.

I might look into the Audigy 2 ZS professional setup after xmas, right now im happy.

pr0digal jenius · Dec 2, 2004, 07:24 PM

happy is a good thing

come trade places with me...I'm off to history class(unhappy)

Zardon · Dec 2, 2004, 07:26 PM

Ah but ive been there and done all that many years ago, time to reap the rewards of working hard all my life

Thanks for the advice on the 750s on MSN btw, you were spot on.

pr0digal jenius · Dec 2, 2004, 09:58 PM

I have unfair advantage there

friend has klipsch promedia 5.1's and z680s, i have the s750s

Zardon · Dec 4, 2004, 07:13 PM

Well I bit the bullet today and picked up an audigy 2 ZS platinum professional - improved things even more !

ViRuS2k · Dec 4, 2004, 09:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zardon

Well I bit the bullet today and picked up an audigy 2 ZS platinum professional - improved things even more !

Nice buy there mate.

you will enjoy it

Zardon · Dec 4, 2004, 09:39 PM

The Audio sampler disc with the audigy 2 ZS is nice. dvd audio certainly gives some amazing results if its mixed right at the source.

I went looking for some dvd audio discs and see some stuff from the 70s, like Queen, a night at the opera. Ok lets get real here for a minute, that is one kick ass album but no matter what clever tricks they employ with remixing etc, i cant see how it could possibly test or show DVD audio to its full.........

Vampyromaniac · Dec 5, 2004, 02:48 AM

Probably not done for audio quality, but more for having surround sound (assuming it's a surround album). That'd be my guess.

pr0digal jenius · Dec 5, 2004, 04:47 AM

but if you have an audigy and the s750s you can upmix it to surroudn sound on the fly

that is wierd allan...I reccomend you just play with the EAX and THX panels to your liking and stick with high quality MP3s or raw CD/Wav audio

DVD-Audio is mroe of a gimmick then anythign else as NOBODY releases pre-mixed DVD audio...it's all 're-mastered' standard CDs mixed onto a DVD

Zardon · Dec 5, 2004, 09:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pr0digal jenius

but if you have an audigy and the s750s you can upmix it to surroudn sound on the fly

that is wierd allan...I reccomend you just play with the EAX and THX panels to your liking and stick with high quality MP3s or raw CD/Wav audio

DVD-Audio is mroe of a gimmick then anythign else as NOBODY releases pre-mixed DVD audio...it's all 're-mastered' standard CDs mixed onto a DVD

Actually im not sure thats true, on the DVD audio sampler there is a male voice audio sampler and there is a picture of the recording with the guys all standing in a circle and the microphones positioned in various places in the centre of the circle, the sound quality and positioning is quite incredible, even if the material isnt quite what I would normally listen to.

pr0digal jenius · Dec 5, 2004, 05:55 PM

hrmm....may look inot it then...but I know for most of what I listen to it's a gimmick

Zardon · Dec 5, 2004, 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pr0digal jenius

hrmm....may look inot it then...but I know for most of what I listen to it's a gimmick

Yes most of it appears to be a gimmick and it hasnt really "taken off", but ive been impressed with some of the samples that have been recorded correctly at source, very high quality.

Zelig · Dec 12, 2004, 09:46 PM

Hey Zardon, and anyone else with the Audigy 2 ZS, for the best sound with Dolby Decoding, if you have good speakers, make sure to disable "Dynamic Range Compression" from the Audio HQ settings.

When enabled with good speakers, it can easily compress out 25+ dB of range in movies and such.

pr0digal jenius · Dec 12, 2004, 10:49 PM

true...I'd forgotten about that...thanks Zelig

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Dec 2, 2004, 07:20 PM	#31
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	Vampy...me and a friend concocted a 1300 watt 13.3 setup one night viea the wonders of cable splicing.(2 logitech THX 4.1 systems and a klipsch promedia 5.1)....yea...the with those 3 subs the room smelled of ozone b/c the bass was powerful enough to stip oxygen atoms off in the air As per your testign Z, have you played with the THX panel yet? Also....in the EAX Panel under CMSS...what setting do you have? I use stereo myself at about 25% rear since is it so close to the front channel. EDIT: nevermind....had a mental lapse...yer using onboard sound

Dec 2, 2004, 07:23 PM	Thread Starter #32
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	Those options arent available on the intel 7:1 cmedia control panel, but im happy with the balance. ive an audigy 2 laying around and while the stereo sound was a little better (marginally in this weird shaped room) than the intel 7.1 the movie side of things took a dump. I might look into the Audigy 2 ZS professional setup after xmas, right now im happy.

Dec 2, 2004, 07:24 PM	#33
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	happy is a good thing come trade places with me...I'm off to history class(unhappy)

Dec 2, 2004, 07:26 PM	Thread Starter #34
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	Ah but ive been there and done all that many years ago, time to reap the rewards of working hard all my life Thanks for the advice on the 750s on MSN btw, you were spot on.

Dec 2, 2004, 09:58 PM	#35
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	I have unfair advantage there friend has klipsch promedia 5.1's and z680s, i have the s750s

Dec 4, 2004, 07:13 PM	Thread Starter #36
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	Well I bit the bullet today and picked up an audigy 2 ZS platinum professional - improved things even more !

Dec 4, 2004, 09:39 PM	Thread Starter #38
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	The Audio sampler disc with the audigy 2 ZS is nice. dvd audio certainly gives some amazing results if its mixed right at the source. I went looking for some dvd audio discs and see some stuff from the 70s, like Queen, a night at the opera. Ok lets get real here for a minute, that is one kick ass album but no matter what clever tricks they employ with remixing etc, i cant see how it could possibly test or show DVD audio to its full.........

Dec 5, 2004, 04:47 AM	#40
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	but if you have an audigy and the s750s you can upmix it to surroudn sound on the fly that is wierd allan...I reccomend you just play with the EAX and THX panels to your liking and stick with high quality MP3s or raw CD/Wav audio DVD-Audio is mroe of a gimmick then anythign else as NOBODY releases pre-mixed DVD audio...it's all 're-mastered' standard CDs mixed onto a DVD

Dec 5, 2004, 05:55 PM	#42
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	hrmm....may look inot it then...but I know for most of what I listen to it's a gimmick

Dec 12, 2004, 09:46 PM	#44
Zelig HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 3,187 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	Hey Zardon, and anyone else with the Audigy 2 ZS, for the best sound with Dolby Decoding, if you have good speakers, make sure to disable "Dynamic Range Compression" from the Audio HQ settings. When enabled with good speakers, it can easily compress out 25+ dB of range in movies and such.

Dec 12, 2004, 10:49 PM	#45
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	true...I'd forgotten about that...thanks Zelig