USB XFI 5.1 sounds much worse than XFI Xtreme Music

why does the XFI 5. Surround USB sound so much worse than the internal XFI cards like the Xtreme Music? The USB version sounds really cheap despite using the same settings. I don?t think its broken, I also tried it on 2 different pcs with the same bad result. it sounds like some cheap onboard sound.

i use windows xp SP3
thnx

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I am writing to ask you and maybe get Apple's attention to what happened to me. I bought an iPhone 5s 8 days ago. I bought it from official Apple reseller in Warsaw, the capital city of Poland. And then my adventures began.
First, the plug is British, not Polish, because as the reseller said "we have some iPhone not from official distribution, but it will work". Because I needed to buy an iPhone5s fast, I accepted that. However, the question is still there - is it legal to sell British iPhones "from unofficial distribution channel" in Poland?
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1. Is it true that the pictures must be blurred in iPhone 5s, just because it works so? I can't bvelieve it.
2. Isn't the fact that they sell iPhones from "unofficial channels" the reason why they don't want to take the iPhone under warranty?
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iPhones are ONLY sold by Carriers and Apple an Apple reseller is unlikely to be authorised for iPhones and certainly would not sell an iphone with a foreign plug
You have clearly purchased a grey import a genuine Polish sourced iPhone sold by a legitimate iPhone reseller would have the correct plug for the Country
Big issue you have is warranty you need to take to an Apple authorised repairer
https://locate.apple.com/pl/pl/
luckily as long as iPhone came from UK you do have warranty ,EU is one "country" for Apple warranty purposes

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Any users with the same issue or similiar?
Thank you very much.

Thank you everyone for your replys. To answer the Questions (Hope i get them all).
. I was running WinXP Pro before, and currently Am still running WinXP Pro.
2. I Did as well change PCI Slots with the same end result of the system freezes/crash.
3. Toronto699, yes i have noticed the problem only goes away when the SOund card is removed, so at least i Now know i am not alone in this problem.
I figured that nforce 5/6 must be a issue, although i know there are many people out there that are running XFI cards on these chipsets, it does appear from all of the complaint posts through-out this forum that the latest drivers are not up to speed with all of the newer motherboards/chipsets out there. Esp since it Did work fine on my Nforce4 board (which i know there was a bug Even with the XFI and nforce4 chipsets early on tho i never had any), and only after i changed over did the problem start happening, which lead me to beli've in a incompatibility issue.
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LOUD HISS FROM XFI-XTREME MUSIC C

I have a Logitech 5500 speaker system and am getting a lot of hiss from the direct input from my sound card- XFI-Xtreme music. I have my cable box connected to the coax input and my DVD player hooked up to the optical input and they work fine but the sound card hisses very bad on the direct input. I have tried everything to corect this to no avail. Can anyone help me fix this PLEASE!!!!

pvs723,
Ok, lol. Is it a hiss or a hum? From your last post my first thought is a 60Hz hum, probably from a ground loop. Ground loops occur when one device is not getting a proper ground and is connecting to if through the analog cable to the other device. This extra noise is contaminating the true signal and thus gets amplified as a HUM.
But first, mute the inputs on the soundcard one at a time and see if it goes away, try not plugging your speakers into the same power strip as the computer (if used), and finally, make sure the outlet / computer is getting a proper ground.
If all else fails, then it is likely as I discussed above and you will want to look into a set of ground loop isolators or ferrite beads for your setup.
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> I have recently buy Creative Xfi Xtreme Music SB 0460 - Afte install driver from disc . I run Creative Entertainment Center . And can't see Icon Dolby digital / DTS ES . Only have icon : Speaker , EAX , CMSS , Crystal , Mixer , EQ , I/O .
2> I connect 5700 to Card sound through Digital DIN . When test channel , only hear FL , FR , Center . Rear Left speak at Front Left . Same in the Rear right . (Inspire 5700 have repaired one time. That can't speak from 2 rear speaker . Now it's ok . When i test channel from 5700 , all channel ok).
This cause is Sound card or Speaker ?
When connect by analog . Choose 4. it normal .
Have lost app or driver ? And where add i can download driver ?
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duykhanh204 wrote:
thanks for reply ! Pls check for me my product is original or OEM , i think its' original? . And check info about? card for me , it's support full or lost some component ?SB0460- S/N : [size="3" color="#ff0000" face="Verdana">MASB0467548002594R [size="3" color="#ff0000" face="Verdana">Made in malay?I Download the lastest driver , but i can't see icon Dolby And DTS . I try open Creative Audio Console,in tab SpDIF I/O , everything is invisibile, can't choose . And see in the combo box is "default" . What happens ? Some my friends use XFI Fatalty Xtreme gamer and XFI xtreme Music same my problem .
You have a SB0467 which is a Dell oem X-Fi card. I do not believe it's "origional" or retail. I got mine on ebay brand new for $45. I knew what I was buying (my system is a Dell). The clue to not being retail is that there usually is no retail box, manual, software, etc. I got the card only. So in a nutshell: no support

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I can get my HD 2900XT card working fine on its own.
I can get my XFi Xtreme music PCI card working on its own.
Installed together they cause constant lockups and crashes.
Which ever cards drivers I install second after a clean windows install takes many many hours. Very odd.
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Since I installed my XFI Xtreme Music

... my PC freezes almost every time, the PC runs, so that I must restart my PC. I don't know if the soundcard is guilty, but befor I built the Soundcard in, everything was ok. I have updated my BIOS, the XFI driver, my windows(to Service Pack 2) and I don't know what to do next. Does anyone knows this bug? sorry for my bad englisch, I come from Germany

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Ever since I installed the X-Fi Xtreme Music on my computer it likes to hang up occassionally when trying to open certain programs meaning that I will click on say Internet Explorer and it just sits there for 5-0 seconds before it opens. It did not do this before I installed the X-FI. Sometimes it will run games like Nascar Racing 2003 Season, sometimes it won't. I deleted all the drivers, software etc. for my old sound card and used Driver Cleaner Pro before I installed this card and the software. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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