{"id":17,"date":"2002-06-24T14:02:55","date_gmt":"2002-06-24T13:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cbits.co.uk\/ourblog\/?p=17"},"modified":"2022-04-11T17:13:19","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T16:13:19","slug":"creative-sound-blaster-audigy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cbits.co.uk\/ourblog\/index.php\/hardware-reviews\/creative-sound-blaster-audigy\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Sound Blaster Audigy"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Creative Sound Blaster Audigy <\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/audigy.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>Record straight from electronic keyboard or guitar to your hard disk<\/li>\n<li>Format and copy music to MiniDisc<\/li>\n<li>Edit digital videos, adding captions and effects.<\/li>\n<li>Using a CDRW (Recordable CD Drive) you can create your own music or Video<br \/>\nCDs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"33%\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Overall Verdict:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"67%\">Audigy turns your PC into an entertainment Centre, quality<br \/>\nof the digital files it can produce is excellent.\u00a0 It has its own<br \/>\nbrilliant musical instruments built-in, but these can be customised.<br \/>\nThis will replace most of our Stereo systems with something far<br \/>\nbetter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"33%\"><strong>Computerbits rating<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"67%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/cbits.co.uk\/featur1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"58\" height=\"56\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/cbits.co.uk\/featur1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"58\" height=\"56\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/cbits.co.uk\/featur1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"58\" height=\"56\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/cbits.co.uk\/featur1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"58\" height=\"56\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/cbits.co.uk\/featur1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"58\" height=\"56\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cbits.co.uk\/featur6.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"58\" height=\"56\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Most of us are happy with basic sound, all we want is decent sound effects in<br \/>\ngames and the possibility of playing the odd CD as &#8220;background&#8221; whilst<br \/>\nwe are doing other work<\/p>\n<p>If you want music &#8211; use your hi-fi ?? well this was once true but now the PC<br \/>\nis coming into it&#8217;s own as an entertainment centre.<\/p>\n<p>Creative Labs rapidly became the major player in computer sound over ten<br \/>\nyears ago. The initial SoundBlaster card gave us the effects we wanted at the<br \/>\ntime, mainly bleeps and whistles and squeaks! They rapidly saw off competition<br \/>\nfrom Gravis and Aztech Labs and became &#8220;the standard&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nowadays most PC&#8217;s come with soundcards fitted (usually built into the mainboard)<br \/>\n&#8211; but in the add-on and replacement market the Sound Blaster Live! series is the<br \/>\nmajor mover. These cards have 1024 voices (or instruments) and produce quality<br \/>\n&#8220;surround sound&#8221; that will indeed rival most Stereo systems.<\/p>\n<p>But now Creative have produced a sound card which simply puts this into the<br \/>\nshade, the Sound Blaster Audigy is an upgrade that will really make your PC into<br \/>\na Stereo System worth having.\u00a0 For \u00a380 you will get an interesting piece<br \/>\nof equipment, firstly along with the usual audio connections you will find a<br \/>\nFireWire port (FireWire is a very fast system to connect Video cameras, external<br \/>\nHard Disks, digital jukeboxes etc) &#8211; A FireWire Card on its own is about \u00a330<\/p>\n<p>The important point though is the quality of the audio which is awesome, both<br \/>\nfor CD playing or computer-generated music the sound is clear and undistorted<br \/>\n(given the Caveat that you are using speakers suitable to handle this!)<\/p>\n<p>There is however even more to come the Soundblaster Audigy Platinum. This<br \/>\nadds a panel to the front of your PC (fits a standard 5\u00bc&#8221; bay) featuring<br \/>\nan additional FirewirePort, Input and output for digital devices (such as<br \/>\nMiniDisc), Midi connections for music keyboards and an additional audio input.<br \/>\nThere is also a Remote Control Handset that will control the PCs Audio and Video<br \/>\nfeatures.<\/p>\n<p>As usual with Creative Products the Retail versions of these cards come<br \/>\npacked with software, this more or less turns your PC into a recording Studio.<br \/>\nYou Can:<\/p>\n<p>On the downside installation can be tricky (Though if you buy from us we sort<br \/>\nthis problem).\u00a0 The software is not the easiest to understand and patience<br \/>\nis needed to get the best from these cards<\/p>\n<p><strong>ComputerBits Special Offer Prices !!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"83%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100%\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Product<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"44%\">\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Price Exc VAT<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"34%\">\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Price Inc VAT<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100%\"><strong>Creative Labs Audigy Player<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"44%\">\n<p align=\"right\">\u00a355.50<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"34%\">\n<p align=\"right\"><strong>\u00a365.21<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100%\"><strong>Creative Labs Audigy Platinum<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"44%\">\n<p align=\"right\">\u00a3149.00<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"34%\">\n<p align=\"right\"><strong>\u00a3175.07<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100%\"><strong>Creative Labs Audugy Platinum FX<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"44%\">\n<p align=\"right\">\u00a3195.00<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"34%\">\n<p align=\"right\"><strong>\u00a3229.13<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Please Note pricing is subject to change without notice and supply is<br \/>\ndependent upon availability.\u00a0 Please check and agree at point of order.<\/p>\n<p>Contact us on <a href=\"mailto:sales@cbits.co.uk\">sales@cbits.co.uk<\/a> or<br \/>\nby phone 0330 159 3832<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Record straight from electronic keyboard or guitar to your hard disk Format and copy music to MiniDisc Edit digital videos, adding captions and effects. Using a CDRW (Recordable CD Drive) you can create your own music or Video CDs Overall Verdict: Audigy turns your PC into an entertainment Centre, quality of [&hellip;] <a class=\"btn more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cbits.co.uk\/ourblog\/index.php\/hardware-reviews\/creative-sound-blaster-audigy\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"twitterCardType":"","cardImageID":0,"cardImage":"","cardTitle":"","cardDesc":"","cardImageAlt":"","cardPlayer":"","cardPlayerWidth":0,"cardPlayerHeight":0,"cardPlayerStream":"","cardPlayerCodec":"","_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[20,18,19],"class_list":["post-17","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hardware-reviews","tag-audigy","tag-creative","tag-sound"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tvbq-h","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cbits.co.uk\/ourblog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cbits.co.uk\/ourblog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cbits.co.uk\/ourblog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cbits.co.uk\/ourblog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cbits.co.uk\/ourblog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cbits.co.uk\/ourblog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1436,"href":"https:\/\/cbits.co.uk\/ourblog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions\/1436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cbits.co.uk\/ourblog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cbits.co.uk\/ourblog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cbits.co.uk\/ourblog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}