AE-5 uses the ES9016 DAC which is higher rated than the DAC in the E10K and has a pretty good implementation of the circuitry and opamps so almost certainly "higher quality" but the E10K would be in a similar enough ballpark some might subjectively prefer the sound signature of one or the other.
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AE-5 uses the ES9016 DAC which is higher rated than the DAC in the E10K and has a pretty good implementation of the circuitry and opamps so almost certainly "higher quality" but the E10K would be in a similar enough ballpark some might subjectively prefer the sound signature of one or the other.
Anyone else loose Audio from the AE-5 after the latest Windows 10 update (1803)? I have and I can't get it back!!!!!!!!
Anyone know how to fix it? I've had to revert back to onboard sound in order to use my PCI want my AE-5 working again.
I'm running Connect 3.2.16 and latest windows update no problems, it's possible the windows update borked something. Have you tried uninstalling and re-installing again the connect software?
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I had this happen after the 1803 update, i updated to the latest 3.2.24 and it worked again afterwards
Anyone else loose Audio from the AE-5 after the latest Windows 10 update (1803)? I have and I can't get it back!!!!!!!!
Anyone know how to fix it? I've had to revert back to onboard sound in order to use my PC
I did. SBC seemed to set my card back to speakers from headphones.
I don't have speakers ..so stumped me for a while as I forgot about the option altogether.
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Last night was the first time I couldn't pin point an area with this card. On Fortnite Save the World someone kept crying out help. It sounded like it came from some of the top floors of the building. After demolishing most of the building it turned out she was in the basement. Not sure if it was the game's directional sound or the card...
Not been having any other issues with other games.
In a way it felt like real life with the sound bouncing off the walls... until you saw it.
Not been having any other issues with other games.
In a way it felt like real life with the sound bouncing off the walls... until you saw it.
I haven't created an account yet, why?
I've not managed to get ScoutRadar app on Android to connect to my computer. I didn't realise there was an update to SBC to allow ScoutRadar to be enabled when not on ethernet (why on earth was it ever restricted to WiFi?). I've manually updated and seen that I can now enable it, but my phone cannot see the service. SBC says all ok, firewall looks good. I can connect to the aPI too remotely (there is a WSDL - Christ what are the developer doing?!!?). But still no luck.
I've tried the only apple device we have (old iTouch) and the app doesnt even start on that.
I don't I use it, but it would be nice to try it.
I've tried the only apple device we have (old iTouch) and the app doesnt even start on that.
I don't I use it, but it would be nice to try it.
It seems the Creative forums are no more?...
http://forums.creative.com/
Then found on Guru3D:
http://forums.creative.com/
Then found on Guru3D:
spectatorx said:
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So...is this a worthy upgrade to the titanium hd? My main gripe is I’m pretty sure driver support was stopped quite a while back.
However saying that the AE5 is CURRENTLY a quality product imo.
I own the Titanium HD and two of the original Asus Essence ST's. The following is referring to stereo music playback only (not games), with all effects disabled.
The Creative Titanium HD is a very good indeed, however compared to the Essence ST the sound feels very slightly processed, where as the Essence is more natural and honest. The Essence ST is more like a quality CD player, sound is neutral and uncolored, and it's just outputting whatever was mastered to the source, dare I say the Essence ST is the most analog sounding of the two cards. Listen to the Titanium HD you get this very slight sense of the processing going on.
As said the Titanium HD is a very good card, and it's better then probably all the Creative cards that came before it, however for music it's not as good as the Essence ST, I know this because I listen to the cards and this is what i'm hearing.
This was why I wanted to go for the STX II but what good is good hardware if it's had no driver updates in 3 years.
You'd probably find the AE-5 sounds very processed then - a good bit of that with the Titanium HD is the LME49710 opamps on the output (and the treble on the JRC2114 or whatever it is on the IV) - the AE-5 uses the LM4562 which is basically the same internally as the LME49710 some slight tweaks aside that don't really effect sound quality.
My advice is buy a DAC and power it from the motherboard S/PDIF out, of course this is for basic 2.0 sound, for 3d/games/digital surround the Creative card would be better.
The following will sound crazy but it's the real truth.
I have a Pioneer DAC/AMP that was produced in 1991 making it 27 years old. The sound quality from that Pioneer DAC/AMP is so close to the Asus ST that even I would struggle to separate them.
Over the years I've had most everything included a Gravis Ultrasound, and AWE32's, every card suffered the same eventual fate where the drivers are no longer updated.
However there will always be drivers for digital output, so if you buy a quality DAC just like my Pioneer Amp/DAC almost 30 years from now it could still be in use.
Don't get me wrong I love sound cards, it's exciting installing them in a system and hearing them for the first time, also they have always been better for games due to on-board hardware. However if 2.0 is the priority then external DAC is way to go.
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Great deal on the AE-5 at the moment, you can get 35% off sitewide with code SUMMERSW35. Just ordered and totalled to around £103 with a free sound blaster inferno. Went for the Pure edition as the RGB was too tempting, only £83 if you go for the black edition.
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