As of the other option, I'm not sure which one of the two sound cards has a better sound quality. However, the difference was not as night and day as we had expected. Hello, I want a sound card for my PC, but I don't really want to get an internal one, so getting one of those is out of the question. Starting with lossless music playback, we found that the on-board sound was a bit closed vocally and overwhelmed by the bassline when we played Nick Cave's "Red Right Hand", while the Creative was a lot more even across the spectrum and sounded the way we were familiar with. The Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD features audiophile-grade components for high-quality playback of music, games and movies, including 122db SNR Digital-to-Analog Converters (DACs), the highest signal-to-noise ratio ever produced by a Creative sound card. The box itself is plastic but doesnt look too bad: The volume control is a rotary control of some sort with the worst feel positive. It is on kind loan from a member and it retails for USD 100 from Amazon with Prime shipping. Once installed into our system, and running Creative's (spotty) installation software, we pitted the Titanium HD against the on-board HD sound of an AMD motherboard (Realtek ALC1200 chipset) and a high-end Marantz NA7004 digital player. This is a review and measurements of the SoundBlaster X-FI HD DAC/ADC and headphone amplifier. In addition, the card comes with a dedicated 3.5mm headphone jack and microphone. The card also features an optical digital input and output, which are shared with RCA inputs.
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If you're looking to use this soundcard as part of a home theatre PC or as the basis for a home recording studio, then you'll be interested to know the card has two sets of dedicated stereo RCA inputs - one in and one out. The Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi HD external sound card boasts a variety of connectors and top audio quality at a reasonable price.It is ideal for use with laptops and other mobile devices, where the capabilities and audio quality of built-in sound chips tend to be very limited.
It looks as clever and understated as a black turtleneck. Creative boasts that the Titanium has an audiophile DAC - a Burr-Brown PCM1794 according to Wikipedia - and is the first to include the THX TruStudio PC standard designed to "bring the same great audio experience found in live performances, films and recording studios to the PC". First impressions bear out the claim that Creative's latest USB audio card, the Sound Blaster X-Fi HD, is one for the 'audiophiles'.
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The rear panel features optical I/O, gold-plated stereo RCA I/O plus an integrated.
The front panel includes a conveniently located 1/4' microphone input and 1/4' headphone jack with a studio quality headphone amp and volume control. The Titanium HD is a high-end PCI Express x1 card, and includes features friendly to home cinemas and home recordists. The Sound Blaster X-Fi HD is a USB audiophile-grade sound card with premium connectivity for your notebook or PC.
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