Soundcard Creative Z vs Audioboost 2 MSI X99s gaming 7 vs Creative X-fi 5.1

[renold lim]

Hi there,
I hope in this forum there is people have the same situations. It is all related with soundcard.

Recently I am mesmerized with Creative Sound Blaster Z, however i doubt that by purchasing that will change the sound quality.

My rig is MSI x99s gaming 7 motherboard, which staging audio boost 2. Also I have Creative X-fi 5.1 (not Pro edition) the old version. (I think around 2006).

Can anybody tell me if you have tested this component before?
Is MSI onboard audio is in-par with Creative Z?

Personnaly I have compared with SPDIF Creative X-fi 5.1 and analogue onboard. It pretty two different world, where for headset, the onboard unit is unbeatable. However there is no EAX mode to simulate the audio environtment.

Thanks for reading my long post,

regards,

renold

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forgot to add, my speaker setup is Logitech Z906.

 

[renold lim]

Been comparing the sound quality using siberia v2.
For the sound clarity the MSI x99s gaming 7 onboard audioboost 2 clearly kill off my old creative x-fi 5.1
currently ordering additional longer optical cable to test out with my z906.

What next is did Creative Z quality better than my onboard soundcard?
please do comment if you experienced this too.

thanks