This is hard to explain right, unless you know what I am saying.So long as your sound card doesn’t detect the hardware, you are unable to get any sound from the creative audio card and the setup is unable to detect a supported product on your system. Sound Blaster I can feel the air being forced out the Sub strongly. Sub cone facing me, 3 feet away, same songs and all as above. PS.The difference in the bass is amazing on the sub. IMO unless your just an audiophile you really would not know the difference. the ALC 1150 preforms better with vocals in the movie I tested. Once again one has better bass and other has better highs and mids, so it is really a toss up. Soundblaster has Optical In and Out ALC1150 Purity Optical Out onlyĪll in all at this point the sound blaster is winning especially for gaming. There are some key differences though, but most people will never be able to tell the difference like SNR, and anyhow those numbers provided are only paper. Now to the funny thing I just realized while looking up a few of the specs this morning, is that Jonathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel had some part in the recon3d.and yeah you guessed it my motherboard. ( ALC1150 Purity support headphone amp is only front audio port.) They both support studio quality headphones and headsets of up to 600ohm impedance with built in seperate head phone amps. So I am withholding judgment on headset sound, until I can afford one (on disability). I can't test with a headset right now, as my gaming headset got broke when I moved 8 months ago and I have not been able to afford to replace it. Granted the recon3d is really gaming card and has a number of unique options that the ALC1150 does not have. I would be interested to hear the difference with a headset though. Note all the testing was done at defaults and flat eq as it should be. IT does not have as strong as bass but the clarity on the mids and uppers is superior. The ALC 1150 purity sounds is good too, and would serve most everyday users as far as sound. Mids and highs do not get lost and heard and are richer. In General the recon3d has a more powerful sound. Preliminary testing, the Recon3d trounces Purity sound. Lauryn Hill, Ryan Toby, Devin Kamin & Ron Johnson (Sister Act) Volume controls in windows and the speakers remained the same. ( Well one at a time)ĪMD HD 7770 X2 ( Crossfired note no USB Filter driver installed and GPU card audio disabled)Ģ0 Gigs Ram ( yeah I know mix and matched at 1600 something)Īll defaults for both Realtek and Soundblaster control panels. I installed the Soundblaster Recon3d Pro into my system and running both the Realtek ALC 1150 Purity sound and Soundblaster side by side. So the question is should I use the ALC 1150 or the Soundblaster Recon? I have unlocked the Dolby Home Theater in the ALC 1150 Onboard or I have THX on the soundblaster.Īlrighty then, I have started testing both. Yes this was a budget build as I am on disability so have to plan wisely. Used for online gaming, home music, and movies. CPU FX 8120 mild OC to 4400 Ghz, 20 Gigs ddr3 1600 ram (13 gig for ramdrive)(mixed ram 2x8 and 2x2 dual channel), Windows 8.1 update 1, AMD HD 7770 x 2 (factory OC) Not sure if this information is needed or not. Another issue recently arose so I got this motherboard. I had bought a soundblaster REcon 3d Pro in old motherboard when the sound went out as I did not want to do yet another motherboard RMA at the time. It has the Realtek ALC1150 with purity sound (marketing hype I am sure, the purity sound but it does sound a lot better then my old sabertooth 990fx r2.0 when the sound worked). Well I guess you need to know the mother.I had to replace my motherboard recently and got ASrock Fatil1ty 990fx Killer.
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