Quote Originally Posted by mitra- View Post
I want good sound quality. I'm still using onboard sound, so I want a gread sound card.
I want to read some comments to see how much better is Prelude, and if the 75€ difference is worth it.

And don't forget that I will use stereo headphones (Sennheiser) and 2.1 speakers (maybe Logitech Z-2300).
It might be over kill for those speakers.

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Quote Originally Posted by Elite Bastards
That irritation aside, the X-Fi Prelude undoubtedly stands a cut above other boards such as the X-Meridian when it comes to gaming, thanks to its full support for the latest version of Creative's EAX standards. I know that EAX isn't everyone's cup of tea, but if it's your thing (and I've always been reasonably impressed by it in titles that have used it well personally), then the X-Fi Prelude does a predictably superb job of handling it, as per Creative Labs' own X-Fi boards.
The meat of the review is on Page #3. I've heard X-Meridian on a very nice rig, it sound great. But saying the X-Fi sounds bad is BS IMHO. That's like saying since the C2D is faster than the AMD-X2, the X2 is slow.