Turtle Beach Santa Cruz PCI Sound Card
by TURTLE BEACH SYSTEMS
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Customer Review: Best Card for the Money
Summary: 5 Stars
I recently bought the Santa Cruz card to replace the SB Live that came with my Dell P4. The SB never worked well, giving me sound out of only 3 of my 4 main speakers. The Santa Cruz installed and played 4.1.digital without skipping a beat. The sound is better than the SB and the SC control panel is MUCH easier to use DSP effects. The only weakness compared to the SB is the rather boring accesories included with the SC. If you want a quality sound card and don't need the extras, it's as simple as - Santa Cruz rules, Sound Blaster BLOWS.Customer Review: Smooth Installation -- no problems so far....
Summary: 5 Stars
Installed this board in a 4 year old Dell (PIII 500 MHz) as part of an upgrade to Windows XP. Previous sound card was a Turtle Beach Montego that does not fully support XP. The Santa Cruz installed without a hitch and I have had no problems after installation. The Santa Cruz control panel is compact and easy to use and the sound is fine. Some of the supporting software is "lite" but includes an interesting assortment of things for experimentation. Recommended for those interested in a reasonably priced midrange to high end sound card.Customer Review: Stable & Great Sound
Summary: 5 Stars
I have had problems with the sound quality of captured video. The on-board AC'97 made it sound scratchy & tinny. Hence I decided to get a sound card. SB live! and Philips cards were no go as they locked up my system. Hurricane Extreme was no better than on-board audio. In a last desperate measure, I installed the Santa Cruz 5.1 card. The installation was unbelievably smooth (W2K + MSI K7-Master) and the sound quality is excellent. I heartily recommend this card to anyone looking for a stable PCI card with excellent audio qualityCustomer Review: Great for MP3s
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this inexpensive card to replace the built-in sound of my motherboard because I wanted higher quality output for listening to my MP3s. I am happy with the card and can say that it did increase the sound quality. Highs are crisper and base is punchier and deeper. Installation was very easy and I haven't had any problems with the card. The CPU used with WinAmp playing MP3s is only 0-1% on a P4 3.0 GHz.
A good match for this card are the Logitech 2300 THX certified speakers for about $110, which I also purchased.
Customer Review: Nice but pay attention to the install instructions.
Summary: 5 Stars
Great card! Good sound and Im still messing with the software that came with it so can't tell you what I think about that yet but Im betting its fine.Pay attention to the install instructions and make sure you turn off any built in onboard gameport settings you current system might have.
DO NOT ALLOW AUTO DETECT TO INSTALL DRIVERS FOR THIS CARD. (winxp)
It is worth the effort to install and worth the money.
Good buy I would say and as always Amazon.com got it to me safe and sound.