I feel it is a better system for speakers in entertainment rooms, so that the room is filled with coverage. In a headset I don't know of any human that can tell the difference.
it's more the quality of the sound itself rather than 7.1 or 5.1. I bought both the 5.1 kave which is awesome and the 7.1 tiaman which is even better. the problem is finding a sound card that actually has true 7.1 outputs that match the tiaman 7.1.
I bought the audigy rx 7.1 sends middle and rear speaker thru the same output while the tiaman has separate . which means I can only have 5.1. was gonna keep this card, but it keeps giving me stutters in both aces high and wot.
the x-f1 titanium hd internal is only 5.1. while the fatality professional looks like it's what I need amazon sells them for 250 bucks. way too much for me. same for the essence stx II.
think I am gonna get either the xonar dsx 7.1 selling for 54 bucks or the soundblaster xfi extreme which is refurbished and on sale for 20 bucks.
I have a 25$ gift card to newegg due to price matching on the headset. funny thing is that I had the sb xfi extreme but gave it away when i bought the soundblaster z. I should have kept it but I had it in my closet for over a year and somebody else needed one.
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