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Creative SB16 Value CT2770: powerful!

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First post, by 386SX

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Hi,

I'm using this old ISA not-plug&pray card for my usual K6III-400 system and it's incredible how this card actually perform on the speaker-out. Is it possible that very good full headphone (Senheiser or Philips) actually are incredibly loud even at 20% of both main/wave volume? I didn't remember newer card, even Creative, were that powerful!

I also have an AWE64 CT4520 and a CT2950 both ISA (this latest on the 486 with IDE connection). Are they much different in term of quality and features?

Bye

Reply 1 of 3, by Stojke

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Loud volume on old ISa cards usually equals horrible audio quality (noise).
The loudest ISA card I heard was Gravis UltraSound Max.

CT 2950 does not seem to have true OPL3, where CT2770 has creative CT1747.

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Reply 2 of 3, by chinny22

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AWE64's main feature is the EMU8000 chip which in real basic terms was Creative answer to Roland and in theory should make Midi sound better then a SB16, but comes down to personal taste. They are supposed to have the cleanest sound of the creative ISA cards. Gold being the best

If I was using headphones it may make a difference, but in my setup I don't notice the supposed poor sound quality in SB16's vs AWE64.
If you don't play adlib (OPL3) games I would choose the AWE64
If you do, Try the Awe64 and if the game sounds wrong go with the CT2770
I'd only use the CT2950 if you need the CD-Rom header.

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