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Creative Audigy 2 ZS Notebook Reviews

Sound card - 24-bit - 192 kHz - 109 dB SNR - 7.1 - PCI - Creative X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity - low profile More product details

$30.57

Hardware-based MPEG encoding and Dolby decoding ; every audio/video port you'll ever need... (cnet.com)

7.1 audio channel support ; 24-bit/96KHz output ; Dolby Digital EX 6.1 decoding ; easily portable... (cnet.com)

alaTest Review Summary for Creative Audigy 2 ZS Notebook

We have collected and analyzed 125 expert reviews and 727 user reviews from international sources. Experts rate this product 84/100 and users rate it 81/100. The average review date is January 24, 2006. We have compared these reviews to 7506 reviews from other Sound Cards. Last update: November 21, 2009.

alaSCORE BETA 96

-60100

852 reviews

November, 2009

84 / 100

125 Experts

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81 / 100

727 Users

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Expert Reviews (125)

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Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Video Editor review

By (cnet.com)

Hardware-based MPEG encoding and Dolby decoding ; every audio/video port you'll ever need ; excellent analog video-capture quality ; doubles as a four-port USB hub

A few setup hassles ; video capture works only with bundled applications ; no TV-capture capabilities ; no printed manual

Though definitely a product that only select users will need, it's a generally stellar prosumer solution for analog video capture.

Creative's Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Video Editor provides all the ports you...

Rating

77100

Partner Source
cnet.com
US

Creative USB Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX review

By (cnet.com)

7.1 audio channel support ; 24-bit/96KHz output ; Dolby Digital EX 6.1 decoding ; easily portable ; includes IR remote

Requires driver update for maximum output quality

Here to add more boom to your laptop is the $129.99 Creative USB Sound...

Rating

86100

Partner Source
cnet.com
US

Creative Labs X-Fi Xtremegamer Fatal1ty Pro

By Gordon Mah Ung (maximumpc.com)

If you read our original review of the X-Fi way back in November 2005, you already know about this card. Back then, Creative packaged this exact same card with a drive bay and remote and charged an impossible to justify $280 for the X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS ...

DSP gives it a performance edge

Pointless X-RAM

Unlike the other two boards we tested here, the X-Fi continues to use a true DSP with "10,000 MIPS of power." We don't know how true that 10K figure is, but in our tests, the X-Fi remains the boss, especially when compared to the CMI8788, which is ...

Back then, Creative packaged this exact same card with a drive bay and remote...

Rating

95100

maximumpc.com

User Reviews (727)

US

NEED HELP STARTING OUT......DOT DOT PRODUCTIONS WILL HELP

By MAXIMUS (shopzilla.com)

GOOD SOUND REALLY DECENT WAV EDITING USER FRIENDLY

A LITTLE EXPENSIVE

US

Great sound, not so great price...

By Online Shopper (shopzilla.com)

This card sound great, almost every connection under the sun

It's REALLY expensive for a sound card

US

"WRECKED MY COMPUTER!!!"

By mjbg666 (cnet.com)

Okay, Soundblaster Audigy 2NX ruined my brand... 

External hook up

Poor sound, crashes and takes your computer with it

Manufacturer's Description

The PCMCIA Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Notebook opens a new era of possibilities for the notebook user. It delivers features previously only available to PC users but now available to notebook users (even those that are highly mobile). This is achieved by combining ultra-high quality audio with advanced, hardware-accelerated features all in a tiny PCMCIA format card! For instance it delivers THX certified 24-bit ADVANCED HD audio quality playback with incredible 104dB SNR, allowing the highest...

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