New Sound for this New Year

Posted on | January 1, 2006 | No Comments

Creative Audigy 4

Honestly, I didn’t planned to buy a new sound card but I had no choice when the technician from Villman told me that it will take 3 weeks or more before Iâ€™ll get the Audigy 2 that I requested to be RMAed.

I was reading a thread in PinoyPC about soundcards and a member posted that he was able to get an Audigy 4 for on P4000. I was surprise about his post because the last time I checked, the Audigy 4 Pro was priced at a staggering P17,000.

Upon further research, I found out that Creative recently release a slimmed version of the Audigy 4. I then took a little trip at the mall to check if this card is already available and luckily I was able to find one (and only) store that carries an Audigy 4 card.

Creative Audigy 4
After a few haggle, I was able to get the card at P4200. Not bad, considering the card packs some new features and a remote to boot! I have no regrets buying this card, sound it really great when playing MP3s and games. With the Augidy 4, the sound effects in FEAR were awesome!

Audigy 4′s Remote and Receiver

Okay, I got a new sound card and Iâ€™m thinking of getting a new set of surround speakers. My 3 year old Altec Lansing ACS 54 4.1 surround speaker is obsolete and itâ€™s already asking to be replaced. Hopefully, Iâ€™ll be able to get one after these coming months.