Will this logitech speaker work with this card?

[LiquidAurum]

I want this Logitech Z506 5.1 speaker system. I have a creative Creative sound blaster Live 24-bit. It has a sample rate of 96 Khz but the speakers have response rate of up to only 20 Khz does that mean it won't work?

 

[FinalDrive]

They will work, most spakers have a 20Khz frequency response. You really cannot hear past that anyways. The sample rate is more about how it encodes/decodes audio, not it's frequency. I have been running the Z680's on a Live 5.1 and X-fi Titanium without issue, aside from the rear left channel dying.

 

[LiquidAurum]

So this card seems to do the trick what would be the point of getting say a Sound Blaster Z? I assume it's even clearer audio?

 

[FinalDrive]

I have not researched sound cards in a while, but mainly it is in how efficient they are at decoding/encoding anymore. There have not been significant improvements in the consumer grade market. Environmental audio has all but disappeared and standardized audio codecs have improved compatability. I would say if the Live! 5.1 is working there probably isn't much reason to upgrade, unless a new build does not have an open PCI slot for it. In many respects onboard audio (AC97/HD Audio) is up to par with many soundcards.

If you do any audio creation a newer card might handle it a bit faster.