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shecky981 · 02-25-2002, 08:42 PM

well, my speakers (old phillips 2.1's) finnally died (died=dropped and broken) so i decided to get some new ones. after reading reviews and listenbing to them myself i decided on the ALtec Lansing ATP3 speakers, which were cheap for what i wanted. while i was at it,. i decided to get me a soundblaster live 5.1 card rather than using the onboard audio.

WOW! incredible difference! i figured that the onboard audio would be fine, but i am listening to my "reference" CD (blue man group - audio)and i am blown away. i know these are not even particulary high-end speakers and it sounds amazingly rich and full, way better than the onboard. and i know it is not just the speakers b/c the phillips i was running were a pretty high end pair of 2.1 speakers at the time they were new.

i did the XP driver download for the live card and all seems to be working great so far.

02-25-2002, 08:42 PM	#1
shecky981 Member (9 bit) Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Northeast USA Posts: 356	wow. glad i gotta sound card! well, my speakers (old phillips 2.1's) finnally died (died=dropped and broken) so i decided to get some new ones. after reading reviews and listenbing to them myself i decided on the ALtec Lansing ATP3 speakers, which were cheap for what i wanted. while i was at it,. i decided to get me a soundblaster live 5.1 card rather than using the onboard audio. WOW! incredible difference! i figured that the onboard audio would be fine, but i am listening to my "reference" CD (blue man group - audio)and i am blown away. i know these are not even particulary high-end speakers and it sounds amazingly rich and full, way better than the onboard. and i know it is not just the speakers b/c the phillips i was running were a pretty high end pair of 2.1 speakers at the time they were new. i did the XP driver download for the live card and all seems to be working great so far.