SoundBlaster Audigy 2

Advanced Audio and 3D Audio Technology

1. Yeah , works great , but not with easy creator 5.3 platinum. It 5.3 won't reconize this awsome card. Roxio is not doing any patches at this time

   sm95136@msn.com Thursday, 21 November 2002, 22:46:42

2. Does this Card support 4.1???

   peter.steele@gmx.net Saturday, 12 January 2002, 09:17:48

3. Does this Card support 4.1???

   peter.steele@gmx.net Saturday, 12 January 2002, 09:18:4

4. Does this Card support 4.1???

   peter.steele@gmx.net Saturday, 12 January 2002, 09:18:44

5. This card is a great improvement to the AC97 card built onto my motherboard, but I can't get the S/PDIF passthrough to an external decoder to function correctly. I use this machine as a PC to TV set-top box and attach it directly to a Sony STR-DE835 amp/tuner to have it decode Dolby Digital and DTS. On activation, the stereo only reports a PCM [48kHz] signal but multi channel decoding never activates with DTS playback. This becomes very apparent when a movie with a DTS soundtrack is played, and only the front right and left speakers work when all others are silent. Using the bundled speaker calibration wizard reveals the same problem. Are there any known fixes for this, or are those of us who connect their computer to a home theatre, basically screwed?

   thomas@tfenet.com Monday, 9 December 2002, 23:20:51

6. i have alredy got the soundcard in my computer but i need the softwear

   georgedonald Friday, 13 December 2002, 07:15:23

7. can i download it from your site

   georgedonald Friday, 13 December 2002, 07:23:2

8. Perhaps you should just CHECK on the box or the website whether this card has SPDIF I/O's...

   Gaetan Thursday, 9 January 2003, 18:12:58

9. Digital out is stereo. No ASIO 2. Trying to figure out if I can get 2X stereo, or some kind of virtual surround simulation ala Q-Sound in 4.0. Anybody know? As far as 4.1 goes, shouldn't be a problem.

   Cary Monday, 20 January 2003, 08:11:4

10. ?????WindowsXP

    luzhiqiang Monday, 19 May 2003, 22:47:59

11. is there any known problems with amd motherboards that have via chip sets like the first audigy card?

    dave Friday, 30 May 2003, 15:59:18

12. has the card been sheilded to prevent machine noise? is this the card to buy if you want to produce music? how dose it compare to the terrtec 6 dmx in the way of creating audio? ive owned a creative platium card and i am not impressed, the problems in have and others have been to much. is there a recommended hardware pc setup or what. i hope this new card can do the job but im still not sure. is via a problem and if so what is recommended? anyone please help

    daven Friday, 30 May 2003, 16:36:16

13. well i found lacking - low subwoffer output... My mobo realtekac650 hawe better bass then a2 using inspire 6700....

    sanjin Monday, 23 June 2003, 21:11:37

14. Hi,

    24GB High Density Minidisc provides 6/192/24 and above Audio and HDTV Video ...

    I thought that you might find this to be of interest.

    blu-ray is a new optical disk technology that uses blue lasers to read to and write from the disc. High Density Minidisc is physically much smaller than DVD and CD, but has five times the capacity of DVD and is four times faster. This means that it can record much better quality sound and video than any variant of DVD, and each topic at http://www.blu-raytalk.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=1 illustrates an aspect of its performance and provides a simple vote for you to take.

    Although all the enabling technologies are in place, the potential is so great that we need to better ascertain what people actually want from HDMD before we can release product. Hence the website includes a simple survey in the form of eight HDMD topics with polls for you to vote in. But first you need to register (using your name and a chosen password) and then login.

    Then, just click on the topic of your choice, read the blurb about it and take the survey - there's just one poll for each, so it shouldn't take too long - and get your friends to voice their opinions too - we're currently defining the functionality of HDMD, so the more we know about what people actually want from it, the better ... Note, however, that as in most democratic elections, you can only vote once - once you've pressed Submit that's it - so make sure that you're happy with your choice before you press that little button ...

    There are eight topics in all, each with its own poll - so ideally you could start at High Density Minidisc and work your way up. Note that they're deliberately brief so that the poll can quickly capture how you're feeling about HDMD having just read about it. As you can probably gather, it is a digital versatile disk - just a lot smaller, with five times the capacity and four times the bandwidth of DVD/DVDA/SACD. So, for example, unlike DVD-Audio, it can support six channels of 192/24 audio (in fact, six channels of 384/24 audio!)

    This extra speed and capacity brings lots of benefits over DVD and new possibilities that you'll read about under each topic.

    Please feel free to copy this email to friends and colleagues you think might be interested - and people you think should be.

    For further background information, look at:

    blu notes

    http://www.generally-bored.co.uk/bluray/home.htm

    http://www.avland.co.uk/sony/bdzs77/index.htm

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/1829241.stm

    http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/0,39020351,2133101,00.htm

    http://www.generally-bored.co.uk/bluray/sony/press.htm

    http://www.blu-ray.org/

    Please email me if you require any further information. Perhaps you could get your colleagues and friends to go to the website and take part in the survey? - it shouldn't take more than ten minutes or so at most :-)

    Best regards

    James

    red missing blu in

    ps DVDs use a red laser, which means much lower resolution and less data on the disc than blu-ray, as it's called ...

    James Morrow Friday, 8 August 2003, 20:21:25

16. Don't buy thios card if you are a musician and want to take advantage of the 24-bit recording. It's a scam!! Boy I'm mad!!

    The Audigy 2 DOES NOT record or play at 24-bit resolution with any music software, only the piddly recording program that comes with it,. which is fine for putting your vinyls onto your hard disk, but no other software can play these files. It has many other features which many people many find attractive, but I wish I'd bought an Audiophile now. Grr!

    Jez Sunday, 25 January 2004, 21:53:16

17. can't record to none of the in's of the Audigy 2 card????

    Dino Friday, 27 August 2004, 08:34:18

18. 6 Litle Treloweth

    Pool,

    Redruth,Cornwall

    W G Rogers Saturday, 18 December 2004, 13:05:5

19. Have you or Roxio come up with drivers for Easy Creator 5.3 Platium? I just got a new Gateway Computer with a Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS (1100)

    drive but my Easy Creator 5.3 Platium won't recognize it. Please Help.

    Ray White

    Email Address: rwhite5963@yahoo.com

    Ray White Wednesday, 22 December 2004, 22:03:28