Creative is going down?

[chrisbard]

Hey guys,

I just wanted to let you all know that;

1. After installing the new Creative drivers (after uninstall and driver cleaner) no more sound from aux device - TV Tuner no matter what
2. When listening to music poping sounds that they managed somehow to keep to a minimum by a previous update are back to maximum!
3. Found out today that:


"Because hot water doesn’t paint the picture


It’s been a couple of days since Creative has started putting a bad face on their company (although some might argue that it’s been going on for years now). However, we personally have never seen such an outrage toward the company shown by its most loyal customers.

Their forums are bursting with numerous disgruntled customers who claim they’ll never do business with the company again. A lot of them list an impressive number of soundcards that they’ve bought from Creative through the years, as far back as the original 8bit ISA Sound Blaster. A Website www.boycottcreative.com was also started, probably by the same customers.

Many forum users praise Daniel_K as a savior, as opposed to the company that should have taken on that role, and was legally obliged to do so. Instead, the company has the nerve to announce the X-Fi2 launch, without making X-Fi run properly in Vista. Of course, X-Fi2 will also feature a Vista Compatible sticker, just as its predecessor did.

It’s a well known fact that companies like ATI and Nvidia support their older products, and since Creative failed in that department, too, Creative’s (former) customers made sure to point that out several times. Well, when they’re right, they’re right, but it is unlikely that the company will go bankrupt because of just one man who just tried to help. Still, if Creative keeps walking this path, anything might happen. "

...from fudzilla

So Creative pls wake up or die !!!

[Wolf2000me]

Creative has always had bad drivers. Now with Vista it's just harder to build compatible drivers, so they fail miserably.
I had the soundblaster Pro, AWE32/64, 128, audigy and audigy 2. Certainly these last three have never ran without hiccups. Updating usually made it worse or slightly better. So picking the right driver for the cards was done with trial and error, which really isn't my favourite method.
Worst piece of equipment I've ever had was a CD-ROM drive made by creative.

Creative can go kick the bucket if it's up to me, I won't lose any sleep over it.

[danrok]

Going down?

I doubt that. They don't just sell sound cards, there's the ZEN mp3 players, and other stuff.

They're making a profit.

[Necorum]

Sorry but I <3 my creative cards my turtle beach just wasnt up to par. Sounded muffled and held back :P

[cloasters]

Turtle Beach isn't separate from Creative? Learn something every day.

[dsio]

I never liked the X-Fi, had an EMU0404 and an EMU1212 (creative professional line) that were ok, but more so because they were still designed and maintained by Creative's EMU division rather than their Sound Blaster division.

Recently bought an ASUS Xonar. Damn fine card, sounds better than the EMU1212, and the EMU1212 sounds much better than the X-Fi.

There is an alternative thats worth giving a go. <3 ASUS for making cards that don't suck.

[noob]

Asus sound cards are a little hard to find here.

Would this be any good in comparison
M-AUDIO - Revolution 7.1 - High-Definition 7.1 Surround Sound PCI Card
EDIT
also for linux, no MS at home anymore

[dsio]

Probably would be decent, I think Dan has either one of those, or one similar and is pleased with it.

[Seperah]

Auzentech...

and thats pretty much all I have to say about that.

[Daniel ~]

Sondigo, Inferno, C-Media chip

GREAT in 2000 pro, no Linux support (Drivers) as yet. stuck using on board sound in Fedora, but I'm told there are linux drivers in the works.

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