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This will serve as the intermediary between my deck and PC to digitize my vinyl, seeing as I've bought shedload more.

Creative don't make this anymore for some reason but what do you think of this? I can't find any that beats it on the market and if I'm lucky I should be able to nab this very cheaply (not £79.99 RRP, lol I can't afford that!)...

The best thing is that it has digital input and output, which means it's also perfect for hooking to my MD deck and hi-fi.

Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX

TOP:

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BACK:

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SIDE:

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Specs:

Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR): 102db

Audio Quality/Bit Depth: 24-bit/96kHz DVD-Audio

DACs: 24-bit/96kHz, 7.1 Channel

Recording Quality: 24-bit/96kHz

Digital Music Player: Creative MediaSource 2 with advanced player/ripper

DVD-Audio Playback: Yes... 24-bit/96kHz Stereo or 5.1

Dolby Digital EX 6.1 Playback

EAX ADVANCED HD Music Enhancements

CMSS Stereo Up-mix or Virtual Multichannel over 2 channels and headphones

Channel: Signal-to-Noise Channel Ratio (A-Weighted)

Front/Rear/Center/Sub: 102dB @ 2Vrms

Headphone/Side: 96dB @ 2Vrms

* 24-bit/96kHz Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) for various analog inputs

* 24-bit/96kHz Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) for up to 7.1 channels output

* Supports Sony/Philips Digital Interface (S/PDIF)1 format (optical) input signal of up to 24-bit/96kHz quality

* Recording/Playback: up to 24-bit/96kHz

* SoundFont 2.1 Support for Midi playback

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Tim,

I bought a Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music Sound Card a while ago now and I love it, and I also bought a I/O Front Panel seperately which is fan-f***ing-tastic :)

Will take pics of it soon =)

Strongly suggest you explore those options, however, you have an Audigy card, dont you ?

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Simon that card you got is an internal one - I'm not brave enough to undo my PC and install it myself, so I only looked on the market for external sound cards :) Your card is much better for gaming and video, and surround sound, but I'm only getting this for transferring my vinyl, tapes and MDs to computer (and eventually here (well, except the vinyl, obviously!)). You just plug in the USB and it's done.

If I got an internal sound card, Simon's looks awesome. Hopefully though, this external one will only cost pennies - we'll know by Monday! ;)

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I know mate! I was just highlighting the fact that, unlike your internal sound card, the external one lacks somewhat in it's capabilities in the gaming and video department, that's all. It doesn't take away from the fact that the X-Fi is also the dog's in its powers for pure audio as well :)

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