Asus Thunderbolt VS Creative X-Fi Titanium?

[GrandAndreasK]

What is best and what is the difference?

I already got a 1-2 year old Creative X-Fi Titanium and the digital sound quality is legendary but i'm going to buy a new Asus mobo & cpu and they are offering the Thunderbolt in some bundles...is it worth it?

 

[gamerk316]

No point in using a soundcard if your going to use its digital out; the equipment at the other end of the audio chain and not the soundcard will be driving the audio quality.

 

[GrandAndreasK]

No point in using a soundcard if your going to use its digital out; the equipment at the other end of the audio chain and not the soundcard will be driving the audio quality.

No there is a big diference...


I got a Realtek Digital-out on my mobo and a Creative X-Fi Titanium digital-out and i can hear the difference


And the Creative X-Fi Titanium got a bunch of tweak options


So i wonder if the Asus Thunderbolt got better tweak options than Creative X-Fi Titanium?


Equipment: Turtle Beach XP500

 

[gamerk316]

No there is a big diference...


I got a Realtek Digital-out on my mobo and a Creative X-Fi Titanium digital-out and i can hear the difference


And the Creative X-Fi Titanium got a bunch of tweak options


So i wonder if the Asus Thunderbolt got better tweak options than Creative X-Fi Titanium?


Equipment: Turtle Beach XP500

What you hear is the software DSP effects, nothing more and nothing less. The DAC on whatever piece of equipment you connect to will be the ultimate limiter on quality.