Is the X-FI Music worth the upgrade from an Audigy 2 for a music listen

Question

I play just a few games, but I mostly listen to music. I have alot of music on my system ripped at at least 92kb
ps.
I don't listen to downloaded MP3 very often. I tend to use only a couple of the EAX modes, Rock, Dance, and Heavy Metal the most. I also watch DVDs on my system from time to time, but just on a 2 channel system. I've got a 00watt receiver connected to my computer which powers my NHT .5 bookshelf speakers (nice).
Would the upgrade to the new X-FI Music be worth it's
Thanks,
Jeff

Answer 1

ingramje wrote:
Is the X-FI Music worth the upgrade from an Audigy 2 for a music listener? I play just a few games, but I mostly listen to music. I have alot of music on my system ripped at at least 92kb
ps.
I don't listen to downloaded MP3 very often. I tend to use only a couple of the EAX modes, Rock, Dance, and Heavy Metal the most. I also watch DVDs on my system from time to time, but just on a 2 channel system. I've got a 00watt receiver connected to my computer which powers my NHT .5 bookshelf speakers (nice).
Would the upgrade to the new X-FI Music be worth it's
Thanks,
Jeff
Thought XtremeMusic is yet much better card vs Audigy 2, but with that cost, I would rather get one of these
cards w/o EAX :
E-MU 0404 (~99$)
ESI Juli@(~30$)
ECHO Mia MIDI (~30$)
or
cards w/ EAX :
M-Audio Revolution 5. (~75$) or 7. (~00$)
Audiotrak Prodigy LT (~80$) (or wait for Prodigy XT which is coming out ~3/06)
HDA Digital X-Mystique 7. Gold/ Dolby Digital Li've (~95$)
jutapaMessage Edited by jutapa on 0-3-2006 2:3 AM