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Creative Audigy 2 ZS

post #1 of 15
8/14/05 at 6:15am
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I am currently researching and looking for a good pcmcia card for my laptop. Just wondering if i should get the creative audigy 2 zs for the notebook. I heard the sound quality is top of the line. When i heard it personally, i was quite impressed on the power that little thing puts out. Does anybody know if this listing on ebay is a decent price for the audigy 2 zs?

Creative Audigy 2 ZS Notebook PCMCIA

THANKS!
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post #2 of 15
8/14/05 at 3:58pm
I just got that card with my new notebook (Sager 9880)...I'm pretty impressed with it. And that IS a very good price on ebay for the Audigy 2ZS notebook, especially if it's new! I think i paid around $100 and I thought that was a good deal
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post #3 of 15
8/14/05 at 10:42pm
Let me ask you guys this...does it give more power to your headphones? I want more volume from my earbuds but I don't want to buy an amp...
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post #4 of 15
9/26/05 at 9:22am
Of course it does:]
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post #5 of 15
9/26/05 at 10:44am
Just to let you know, I'm about to put up my Audigy2 Notebook PCMCIA card up for sale soon, if you're interested.

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Originally Posted by ehruhn
I am currently researching and looking for a good pcmcia card for my laptop. Just wondering if i should get the creative audigy 2 zs for the notebook. I heard the sound quality is top of the line. When i heard it personally, i was quite impressed on the power that little thing puts out. Does anybody know if this listing on ebay is a decent price for the audigy 2 zs?

Creative Audigy 2 ZS Notebook PCMCIA

THANKS!
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post #6 of 15
9/28/05 at 5:40pm
And anybody knows if is there too much latency using VSTi with Audigy 2 ZS?
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post #7 of 15
10/2/05 at 7:19am
Anybody knows it?

PS: sorry for my very bad english.
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post #8 of 15
10/5/05 at 9:53am
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Originally Posted by Usuario
And anybody knows if is there too much latency using VSTi with Audigy 2 ZS?
I'd be interrested to know too - particularly for Reason 3.0 on a Sager N9880

anyone with this configuration by any chance?
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post #9 of 15
10/8/05 at 12:46am
I can't answer your latency question, but I can say that I prefer the Echo Indigo to the Audigy ZS notebook. I own both cards, and only use the Audigy card when I'm needing 5.1 out or the lower-profile card (the Echo card's volume control sticks up above the keyboard of my 9860).

The Audigy ZS card has what I'd call "above average" sound, but the Indigo I'd rate "best in class", especially if you don't need 5.1. If you need 5.1, well, then the Audigy is your card.

Both will be better than whatever built-in audio you have in your notebook.
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post #10 of 15
10/8/05 at 7:08pm
thanks for the info Alcoris
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post #11 of 15
10/8/05 at 9:23pm
Thanks very much, alcoris
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post #12 of 15
10/9/05 at 12:11pm
I'm very happy with the Audigy 2 ZS Notebook card. I originally bought it to enjoy my DVD-Audio collection on-the-go and to have a bit of hardware sound acceleration in games and for this purpose, it has been fantastic.
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post #13 of 15
10/9/05 at 9:45pm
i dont know why u spent 100 bucks on it when u can find it for $80 in places i bought it for that price but dont remember where
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post #14 of 15
10/9/05 at 10:30pm
I know a lot of people here are price concscious for good reasons, but I would very much rather pay a few extra bucks (is $20 the end of the world?) and buy it locally just to make the return/exchange process easier. Given that this product doesn't have the highest compatibility rate, that would be more sensible than going through a horrid online return process and also risk the restocking fee (which easily makes up that small difference), something that most local places still don't do.
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post #15 of 15
10/13/05 at 9:16am
Well, I just bought the card along with 2 pairs of headphones (Plantronics Audio 90s for gaming, and Sony MDR-XD400s for general use)

I will have them by next week. Also I bought the card for only 84.99 shipped from buy.com. That's a savings of over $50 off retail! Hopefully, the card will be much better than the integrated 'AC 97 on my lappy.
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