Friday, October 28, 2005
Review of Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro
Posted by Suhit Gupta in "ARTICLE" @ 12:00 PM
"The top of the line is the X-Fi Elite Pro ($400 street), which has 64MB of X-RAM, higher-end DACs that provide an additional 7dB of dynamic range, and an oversized desktop-mounted breakout box. The Elite Pro competes sonically with semipro multichannel audio interfaces, and no board offers gamers a better combination of flexibility and sound quality. In addition to all the connectors found on the I/O drive, its breakout box includes an RIAA-equalized phono jack that lets you record LPs without a preamp, a high-impedance input for directly attaching electric guitars, a special DIN connector that lets you control the sound board, and a set of compatible Creative speakers with a single remote."
Wow, Creative looks to have established a new state-of-the-art in the sound board market. The Elite Pro has an enormous feature set. Its only drawback is its price, which is high enough to drive less-demanding users to more affordable choices like the X-Fi XtremeMusic and Platinum models, or Creative's last-generation Audigy 2 boards. But it looks to have great audio quality, a flexible I/O box and 64MB onboard RAM. It also comes with high-impedance electric guitar and RIAA-equalized phono inputs. Very nice, I wish I was putting together a PC. :)
Wow, Creative looks to have established a new state-of-the-art in the sound board market. The Elite Pro has an enormous feature set. Its only drawback is its price, which is high enough to drive less-demanding users to more affordable choices like the X-Fi XtremeMusic and Platinum models, or Creative's last-generation Audigy 2 boards. But it looks to have great audio quality, a flexible I/O box and 64MB onboard RAM. It also comes with high-impedance electric guitar and RIAA-equalized phono inputs. Very nice, I wish I was putting together a PC. :)
