Got my Prelude....First Impressions! :)

[Donnie27]

In my case, I can honestly say that it was the Prelude that solved my problems. If I had my master volume set even at 50% on the XtremeMusic, I would get crackling in any sound including windows sounds . I've tried updating drivers, reinstalling drivers, removing components, changing PCI Latency, overclocking PCI bus......everything I did would not solve this issue. My only workaround that I figured that help me was lowering my Wav volume to 50%, and Master Volume to about 35% on my XtremeMusic. I've kept the same exact configuration while switching to Prelude and I am completely SCP free.

A big YMMV on the whole issue. They say that Creatives manufacturing varies so much on the components they use (while keeping the X-Fi chip the same) and I don't doubt it. I am just glad I am running crackle free while enjoying all the audio improvements the Prelude has

Oh, I got that from what you posted and agreed, that's one of the reasons why I wrote Creative are you listening? Other than that I say QFT!

All I've read is; "WOW I love this card" and etc........All 95% good reports. Make no mistake, better Hardware on Prelude DOES make a difference!!!! Manufacturing? Mine must have been made on a Good day. SCP on one board of all of mine tested including;

Willy 1.7GHz system with a Gigabyte i850 = No SCP
AthlonXP 2200+ HP OEM, No SCP after getting a slightly bigger PSU.
2.6C - ABit i875 = no SCP but Background noise on the X-Fi and Audigy 2ZS
Asus A8N 939 SLI (16X) = NO SCP and 32X version was noisy as hell.
No Problems on my current i965 in my sig.

many of my buds have very similar results.