Creative X-FI...

[Shyatic]

I thought they released it, but now I can't find it anywhere online or in a store. Any help is appreciated

Also... any benefit to the platinum over the standard edition? I don't mind spending the money, but I want to get the kewl one I am not spending that much to get the Fatality one or the super duper one... waste it seems to me.

 

[fstime]

Bestbuy is where everyone seems to be getting them.

They had the Plat. and XtremeMusic last time I went in stock.

 

[GamerExpress]

It's in my computer......that's where it is!!!!

 

[Pabster]

Originally posted by: GamerExpress
It's in my computer......that's where it is!!!!

:thumbsup:

 

[Shyatic]

There's none in stock in ANY Best Buy in the area :\

 

[Spiked]

buy online at best buy pick up in store

 

[Shyatic]

Originally posted by: Spiked
buy online at best buy pick up in store

You can't pick up if there's none in stock anywhere. And to boot, it's backordered on their website.

 

[Insomniak]

I work at Best Buy in Burlington, NC and we have about 3 Plats and like 8 XtremeMusics in stock last I saw.

The only difference between XtremeMusic and Platinum is that the Plat has the front bay I/O and remote.

 

[Shyatic]

As far as I can see all over the web, it will be back in stock on the 17th of this month.

I can wait until then

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Hooking it up to a nice set of speakers I hope?

 

[kman79]

I can find the music and platinum versions. It's the Fatal1ty version that I can't find

 

[Spiked]

only versions that are even out on the market,

the music, and platinum..

the other versions havent been releeased yet

 

[islandtechengineers]

hey as someone above has stated... the plat has the extra goodies (which i use and love) and if you dont need the extras; you can save $.

 

[SonicIce]

nobody should be buying an X-fi unless thier speaker system cost at least 200 bucks

 

[duckdown]

pardon my ignorance, but what the hells X-Fi?
The next EAX standard type deal? Whats replacing the Audigy2 I'm assuming?

 

[chrisrod01]

IS AT YOUR BESTBUY YOU SEE THAT STORE WHERE THEY RIPPED OFF PEOPLE WITH THE BIG YELLOW SIGNS SAYING BESTBUY AND WHO HIRES EMPLOYEES THAT DONT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT COMPU THAT WERE IT IS !

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: duckdown
pardon my ignorance, but what the hells X-Fi?
The next EAX standard type deal? Whats replacing the Audigy2 I'm assuming?

The X-Fi is the Audigy's replacement. See AT's review for more info.

 

[duckdown]

Originally posted by: chrisrod01
IS AT YOU BESTBUY YOU SEE THAT STORE WHERE THEY RIPPED OFF PEOPLE WITH THE BIG YELLOW SIGNS SAYING BESTBUY AND WHO HIRES EMPLOYEES THAT DONT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT COMPU THAT WERE IT IS !

 

[PSUstoekl]

i wanted to buy one from best buy, but not wanting to pay shipping and going through the hassle of ordering off their stupid website, I stopped in and asked for an X-Fi, figuring they would order one in for me, just like the old days. Nope. Everything that Best Buy does just pisses me off. God damn it.

 

[EvilRage]

Originally posted by: chrisrod01
IS AT YOUR BESTBUY YOU SEE THAT STORE WHERE THEY RIPPED OFF PEOPLE WITH THE BIG YELLOW SIGNS SAYING BESTBUY AND WHO HIRES EMPLOYEES THAT DONT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT COMPU THAT WERE IT IS !

"Me fail English? That's unpossible!"

 

[ReliableData]

i prefer the experience of x-fi on nice sennheiser headphones to x-fi on 5.1, but that's me. i have plat and like it.

Yoyohowsdajello, btw, since you seem to know a lot about sound;
Is there a good sound card with which to hook up my compy to a ht system. (7.1 infinity 1000 watts sony receiver with optical digital and coax in, no analog)
I definetely want true 5.1 sound, but i also want some kind of eax, because i will mainly be using this for games.

 

[Shyatic]

Yea ditto wo ReliableData... I'm going to use it with nice headphones. I want the platinum for the front drive so I can plug the headphones in and out with ease. I have decent speakers but since I almost NEVER use them (they are turned off), I just want something I can hook up my headphones to.

I am upgrading to the X-FI because I'm only using onboard sound, and it sucks

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: ReliableData
i prefer the experience of x-fi on nice sennheiser headphones to x-fi on 5.1, but that's me. i have plat and like it.

Yoyohowsdajello, btw, since you seem to know a lot about sound;
Is there a good sound card with which to hook up my compy to a ht system. (7.1 infinity 1000 watts sony receiver with optical digital and coax in, no analog)
I definetely want true 5.1 sound, but i also want some kind of eax, because i will mainly be using this for games.

If you don't have 6 channel analog in (or 8 channel in your case), then the only way to get surround sound from games would be to get a soundcard that can encode DD in realtime.

There are a few offerings out there... I'm using the HDA X-Mystique and it's working quite nicely. It only has EAX 2.0 because I think Creative has the higher degrees patented or something?

 

[GTaudiophile]

ZipZoomFly carries it but it's not in stock ATM!

 

[Oyeve]

My local Best-Lie had em but now they only have 2 Platinum versions. I'm waiting for the fatality one to drop to 200 or less before I get it.