Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum Sound Card

by Creative

Product Details

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• Item Weight: 4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006RVQL
• Item model number: SB0240P
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 17, 2002

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Experience world-class audio! Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum gives you the ability to record audio at an amazing 24-bit/96 kHz quality and comes complete with a convenient internal Audigy 2 drive for easy front-panel access to an expanded array of all the connectors you'll ever need.

You can hear the amazing difference that 24-bit Advanced HD delivers through high-fidelity audio playback and full Advanced Resolution DVD-audio support in up to 24-bit/192 kHz resolution. And with 106 dB SNR, you'll experience audio clarity in games, movies, and music that's impossible on 16-bit sound cards. In addition, Sound Blaster Audigy 2 offers 6.1 speaker support in the latest Dolby Digital EX movies, DirectSound 3D games, and stereo music content with the CMSS 3-D up-mix feature.

Get Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum today and experience the incredible quality of the Sound Blaster Audigy 2 card with the added connectivity of the Audigy 2 drive for the best possible 24-bit Advanced HD experience.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Made by Satan!, September 1, 2003

By 

Brent Spoonemore (Indianapolis) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum Sound Card (Personal Computers)

Well ok, after building my own "Dream System 4" I decided to go all out, even on the soundcard. Going by the specs with this card it was second to none. Going by the other customer reviews I read, it made me think twice about getting it judging by a lot of the problems that were addressed. But, I decided that "none of those will happen to me, it will work fine" WRONG. First off for a brief hardware setup. I installed it on a Athlon XP 2800 powered system with dual 80MB 7200 ATA 133 drives, 1 Gig RAM and an Nvidia GeForce4 Ti4800 8X AGP Video with the Logitech X-680 surround speakers.

Now for the problems. That's all I had. All that system robbing software (reminds me of AOL), system crashes, hung installations, more system crashes, numerous calls to both Microsoft AND Creative only to get stuck editing my registry (always a treat) and downloading numerous "patches and updates", all being a waste of time. After downloading the "updated drivers" the problem only worsened. System crashes, hangs and even more system crashes.

Sooooooo after 3 months of beating myself up (I REALLY Wanted this thing to work properly) I YANKED IT! Time to end the headaches! I went out and picked up the Turtle Beach Santa Cruz card and it has worked FLAWLESSLY!

Maybe someday (if I don't throw it on Ebay first) when Creative actually gets creative with there software so it will work correctly, I will put it back in. But for now, it will sit in the box and collect dust!

15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I Am So Disgusted, September 17, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum Sound Card (Personal Computers)

This is a tragedy. I've been a staunch supporter of Live! cards since they came out but their quality and support went down the drain. The Audigy 2 Platinum is not plug & play compliant. The end user shouldn't have to install the card and adjust the BIOS and hardware configuration to get the card to work. All this card gives is loud pops, skipping and computer lockups. A reinstallation of the operating system didn't help. There aren't any IRQ conflicts either! Tech support was useless, they don't have clue. The sound of the card is great but that means nothing if there is popping and skipping in the music.
I wasted $165 and i will never buy another Creative product again.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible sound!, January 15, 2003

By 

Todd K. Vorce (Chandler, AZ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum Sound Card (Personal Computers)

Do you remember the first time you heard a cd? How much better the sound quality was compared to cassette? Well, it has happened again. The sound of DVD-audio on the Audigy 2 gives that same feeling only better. I only have one DVD-Audio disc after spending all my excess on the audigy 2 card, dvd-rom, and 6.1 speakers. This new format totally imerses the listener in sound. You here distinct sounds coming from all different directions.

The sound card itself is superior in sound quality than the Sound blaster live. Mp3's unfortunately will not give you the distinct 5.1 channel output, but this card still improves on the predecessor (sb live).

The front panel of the Platinum edition gives addtional inputs to the card. Anyone who wants to be able to record form almost any source imaginable, should skip the basic and get the platinum. The remote control that the platinum edition adds is almost worth the price of admission alone.

If you are in the market to upgrade your sound card, this is the one. You will not be disappointed.