Has anybody had experience with....

[fenris]

Does anyone own/tried the creative labs soundblaster live mp3+ sound card. I was wondering does it do a better job on playing mp3's then say the SB live value?<br><br>My main question, would it be worth it if I went and bought it or should I just keep the SB live value?<br><br> <p> fenris<br><a href=mailto:fenris@hotmail.com>fenris@hotmail.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br>

 

[Karl Blessing]

Oh heck just keep the SBLive! Value they're pratically the same card, in my opinion the MP3+ just comes with software. same with XGammer, and so forth, I own a SB Live Platinum, and I bought my brother an SBlive! Value, the Value contains all of those other three, the other three are more specialized, but they dont contain anything new than the value other than software, the platinum has twice the voices, and capability, and extra software, as well as some digital capabilities (RCA inputs, Digital speaker output etc) stick with your SBLive! Value, not worth the money to move to something thats pratically the same (Sorry for the Rant on hehe) <p>Karl<br><a href=mailto:kb244@kb244.8m.com>kb244@kb244.8m.com</a><br><a href=

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[fenris]

But I read (I think?) somewhere that the SB live mp3+ has an onboard mp3 decoder chip? <p> fenris<br><a href=mailto:fenris@hotmail.com>fenris@hotmail.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br>

 

[Karl Blessing]

hehe, the software accelerates the mp3 playback, but i dont use it's software, trust me, you're not missing anything at all, the Value performs just as well, even if they say it has Mp3 Acceleration. <p>Karl<br><a href=mailto:kb244@kb244.8m.com>kb244@kb244.8m.com</a><br><a href=

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[fenris]

Thanks Karl, I suspected as much. Just another product trying to cash in on marketing hype. <p> fenris<br><a href=mailto:fenris@hotmail.com>fenris@hotmail.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br>

 

[Karl Blessing]

usually does, only reason one might chose a special card over a value, is for the software bundle, then again it would mean it would be stupid to buy a specialty card as an OEM (no software bundle) even if there was a difference you would not seem to notice as much. <p>Karl<br><a href=mailto:kb244@kb244.8m.com>kb244@kb244.8m.com</a><br><a href=

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