Is the SB Live Value the Same card as ohter SB?

[Guest]

I know the SB Live! Gamer, MP3 and Platinum all use the same card. Does the value one use the same as well or is it downgraded?

 

[ejsmith2]

As far as I know, the platinum supports 5.1 dolby digital, which nun of the other cards do.

 

[jg38141]

value is downgraded- others are the same

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[lhgpoobaa]

well last year i had a SB live value, and now ive got a SB live
the differences seem to be a few more snazzy applications on the CD,
extra souroud sound options and an extra port for a rear pair of speakers.


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[Guest]

Ah, OK, this makes me feel a little better. I bought an OEM SB Live! 5.1 from a local retailer. The CD that came with it said 5.1, but the card itself only said Soundblaster Live!. I was worried I was getting a value instead of a 5.1, but it does have a jack for rear speakers so I guess I am ok.

Now a question. I currently have a set of Altec Lansing ACS33 speakers (2 satellites plus a floor bass unit). I was thinking up buying a new set of 5.1 speakers (probably Cambridge Works FPS1500 or something similar), but they are quite expensive and I am really happy with the sound from my ACS33 as they are. If I pick up a cheaper 2-speaker set and plug it into the rear speaker port on the SB Live!, will I get the same effect of surround sound as I would if I bought the 5.1 speaker set?

Wayne

 

[lhgpoobaa]

dont see why not...
the second output port has different sound dynamics to the front.
of course, that all depends on what quality speakers you want to use, where u put them, room dynamics & applications etcetcetc

P.S. i wish someone whould help me fix my sb live wav playback problem
pops and cracks only in wav p[layback, undrer win2k. downloaded latest drivers, sp2, moved the card to clear up any irq conflicts, and still no joy.
and i know it wasnt happening in win98.

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[toonces]

it's not that it's downgraded. it's just that it doesn't have a digital out line for digital speakers. the others (x-gamer, mp3, plat.) can use digital speakers. you'll lose a lot of the snapping and cracking that come from analog speakers.

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[igottaknife]

I think the only difference is that the Platinum has gold plated connectors in the back


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[Guest]

Are you sure that the value doesn't support digital out? Because I am quite sure I have an SBLive!Value card, yet I use digital Altec speakers. Yup, I just checked my setup, it's definitely outputting in digital, there's a little tab in my device manager to select it...

 

[AEboy128]

Yea it'll work fine. I have it set up. I have the sb live value and it doesnt seem any different than my friends sb live platinum, except for the software that comes with it.

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[AEboy128]

Yea, there is a digital output port on the card. Or at least mine has 1.

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[Pettytheft]

There are two different sets of SBLive! cards. One was the original SBLive cards. Then they later released a slew of SBLive 5.1 cards, Value, Xgamer, MP3, and Platinum. The difference is the software package and in the case of the platinum the Livedrive.

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