Feedback: Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD

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~ Chris

Thanks, Chris. ;)

This is a close relative of the Auzentech® X-Fi® Forte™ 7.1 that I am currently considering for my eMachines®/Acer® EL1210-09 (or whatever system replaces it in the event that I am unable to stabilize its condition); it uses the same Creative Labs® CA20K2 chipset as the Creative Labs® X-Fi® Titanium™ (including the Fatal1ty Professional and Championship models). This card is fully supported in Microsoft® Windows® 6-up. Be advised that this card will NOT work properly in any LinUX distro as of 4 January 2011, as Creative Technology, Ltd., has been uncooperative with the Advanced LinUX Sound Architecture Project concerning drivers for the CA20K2.

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DOSE IT OFFER EFFECTS? LIKE THE EMU-0404? CARD

DOSE IT OFFER EFFECTS? LIKE THE EMU-0404? CARDsingen_for_you

To my understanding, it packs the same software support as the earlier X-Fi® Titaniums (incl. the Fatal1ty Professional and Championship). I've yet to find sufficient information on the E-MU® 0404e and 1010e, which are PCI-Express x1 updates of the earlier E-MU® PCI models.

DOSE IT OFFER EFFECTS? LIKE THE EMU-0404? CARDsingen_for_you

The titanium card comes with Creative EAX console which is able to add effects while recording in "stereo mix" ,which is great for the chat room.
--Barry--

cool Barry the specs are good on it i looked at THD O.OO1% VARY GOOD AS GOOD AS MY EMU 0404 PC CARD http://www.emu.com/products/product.asp?product=10447&nav=features IV HAD THIS CARD OVER 4 YEARS NOW AND STILL LEARNING SOMTHING NEW EVERY DAY.......LOL THD ON THE EMU IS.001% LOOKES LIKE SOUNDBLASTER DID IT AGAIN:o) WITH THE XFI

Hello all,

I am ordering my SOUND BLASTER X-FI TITANIUM HD after reading this post (thanks to all).

Question to Sanda and all, what MIC do you use for this sound card? I'm considering the Audio Technica AT2020 USB, but from my online reading, there is a latency issue with USB microphones that will prevent you from listening to your own voice because your voice will be slightly behind.

If this is the case, then I guess a microphone plugging directly into the back of the sound card will not have this issue. Can someone please help?

Thank you,
Luke

In some cases...The reason that you can't hear your voice in the headphones with a USB microphone is as follows:
Some of the older ( and a few of the new)soundcards won't recognize a USB microphone as being a sound source (being digital).Therefore,it may not reproduce that sound and return it through your soundcard(which is analogue),resulting in "no voice in your playback settings (headphones)

Another thing I will point out is that a USB microphone will be plugged into the USB port on your computer.To my knowledge,there isn't a soundcard on the market that will accept a USB microphone input.And as stated above,some won't even allow for playback through some soundcards

Update: I ended up going with a competitive product due to lack of something more appropriate for an ASUS® system still under warranty: a Xonar® Essence STX (ASUS® AV-100 DSP, mfd. for ASUSTeK Computer Inc. by C-Media).

I've already plans to suggest that ASUS® start work on a Republic Of Gamers™ audio card utilizing all the shielding lessons learned developing the Xonar® Essence ST/X and Xense, but based on the Creative Technology CA20K2 for better compatibility with serious gaming software. ASUS® already uses the Creative Technology CA0116 on Republic Of Gamers™ mobo's so the CA20K2 is a natural for an add-on card; I'm definitely recommending supporting both Intel®-compatible HDA front audio I/O (9- of 10-pin header at the analog shield) and the Creative Fatal1ty® I/O Drive orig. developed for the SB086x Sound Blaster® X-Fi Fatal1ty Professional and Champion and already supported by the SM1160 Titanium HD and its Auzentech® counterparts the X-Fi Forte and X-Fi Home Theater (34- of 40-pin header under a separate shield from the primary analog circuitry).

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Ye saw correctly, wellfield; I wanted something along the lines of an ROG™ Lightning™, but ASUSTeK Computer don't make it yet. :-(

This is not to knock Creative Laboratories®, who has been leading the way in PC audio since 1988, on overall quality; but for my requirements the SB1160 Sound Blaster® X-Fi® Titanium™ HD™ wasn't ideal, for reasons unrelated to the sound purity. Specifically, the SB1160 has no Intel HDA port for systems that cannot take the X-Fi® Titanium™ Fatal1ty® I/O Drive™: In the case of my CM1630-06, the Mic In would be tied up with my Nady® DKW-3 or whatever succeeds it, the dual-RCA Line In with the daisy-chain input from my Creative Laboratories® SB0350-equipped LinUX box, leaving nowhere for a headset to go.

You sure know your stuff BC.

...I've already plans to suggest that ASUS® start work on a Republic Of Gamers™ audio card utilizing all the shielding lessons learned developing the Xonar® Essence ST/X and Xense, but based on the Creative Technology CA20K2 for better compatibility with serious gaming software....BCSchmerker2

Update: ASUSTeK and Creative Technology have leapfrogged my preliminary proposal by starting work on a revival of the Game Blaster™, as a PCI-Express x4 card (in ASUSTeK's ASRock subsidiary line) packing both a Gigabit Ethernet adapter and an audio system based on Creative's SoundCore3D® audio processor; Creative is also producing the Sound Blaster® Recon3D™ series PCI-Express x1 audio cards on the SoundCore3D® engine.

Hrm... the Creative Card has no karaoke vocal effects... the ASUS Xonar Essence STX was the only card (in the 10 Ten selling cards last year) that had any karaoke functions built in at all. Unless you are planning on buying a separate mixer or other external equipment, I don't see the point in the Creative card? (of course, I can't afford $180 for a ASUS sound card, either)...

Much better to just your cheap ($30) USB mic/headset and run the output into your motherboards built-in sound port ($10 cable from Radio Shack)... then use free software programs to replace all those expensive mixers, mics, and sound cards. My four year old computer with only the built-in sound processer can duplicate the sounds of all those expensive cards and mixers and mics just using freely available software. (for a total cost of about $40)

I would like one of those ASUS sound cards, though... just to play with...

The processor is ASUS's own AV1000, which provides excellent 7.1 surround sound performance. The card is also designed to accommodate karaoke. The ASUS Xonar Essence STX has more karaoke functions than all the other cards we reviewed, save one or two. Aside from the karaoke features, the ASUS Xonar Essence STX has vocal effects that you can play with, including microphone echoing, and it even has shift-keying. Shift-keying allows you to adjust the frequencies in a signal; in other words, it allows you to make a specific instrument standout out or fade away. For example, you could tone down the vocals if you only want to hear the instruments in a particular song. In a sense, this would work like voice cancellation, which just cuts off the top of the signal where the vocals generally reside.

Edited to add link to review quoted:
http://sound-cards-review.toptenreviews.com/