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Audiotrack Prodigy 7.1e

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First post, by Dimos

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Hello all. Whenever there is a discussion about the X fi equipped soundcards, or a list of them is available, you read about the various Creative implementations, the Auzentech ones and the Onkyo Wavio SE-300PCIE. The one that almost no one talks about, or is absent from those lists is the Audiotrack Prodigy 7.1e, which seems to be one of the highest quality X fi cards, on par with the Auzentech ones. It is equipped with the CA0110 chipset, the same one which is present on the Auzentech Bravura, has a dedicated headphone amp, swappable OpAmps and generally good quality components. Reviews from the era that got released are also pretty favourable. So does anybody here have any first hand knowledge about it/ owned one? I am really curious about it, cause it seems one of the best X-fi soundcards ever released, although nowadays it seems like it is forgotten, even Daniel K' s X fi support pack does not mention it among the products supported.

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Reply 1 of 2, by ott

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It's software-based X-Fi card, like Creative X-Fi XtremeAudio PCIe (same CA0110 chip).

Daniel_k's X-Fi Support Pack is designed for real X-Fi cards with CA20k1/20k2 chips, so there is no error here.

Reply 2 of 2, by shevalier

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As mentioned earlier, this sound card doesn't have true X-Fi.
It's actually Live! 24-bit on the PCI-e bus (HBA - software Host Based Adapterin which the payload is processed not in the controller itself, but on the CPU).
The Audiotrack was initially created using the VIA ENVI24 controller, which had a great feature: two oscillators for different sampling rates at 44 and 48 kHz.
That’s why they were so highly regarded.
These cards were highly regarded by audiophiles, music lovers and semi-professional musicians for home studios.

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