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Creative Labs Audigy 2 ZS
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13
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38355
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07-20-2007
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$109.88
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8.5
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Description:
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Audigys 2 ZS plain not with external options
works fine with emu10k1 alsa driver.
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Keywords:
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Creative Audigy 2 ZS
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/sbin/lspci output:
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Mulitmedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 04)
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Connection Type:
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PCI
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04-07-2004, 10:13 AM
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#1
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Registered: Jul 2003
Distribution: Debian etch/lenny/sid, Fedora 7/Rawhide, CentOS 4/5, FreeBSD 6.2 and Solaris 10/Nevada
Posts: 110
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $200.00 | Rating: 5
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.5
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Slackware Current
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Great sounding card, wasn't the easiest card to get working w/ linux. 2.6.x is easier than 2.4.x, but it can be done.
I use the firewire port for my ipod too!
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05-16-2004, 01:32 AM
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#2
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Registered: Sep 2003
Distribution: Gentoo, Vector, Smoothwall
Posts: 15
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 8
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.4.25
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Gentoo
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Great card, great sound!
Personally found best to use the ALSA system rather that the OSS driver, I have a 5.1 setup and have full surround both for dvds and emulated for mp3s/cds.
Despite currently no support for the high qualitys provided by this card (24bit/192kHz) its still is great to listen to!
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05-19-2004, 01:53 AM
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#3
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Registered: Nov 2003
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 3
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $149.99 | Rating: 8
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.4.25-gentoo-custom
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Gentoo
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I got the Audigy 2 ZS Gamer Limited Edition at Fry's. No problems using the ALSA drivers.
01:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 04)
01:0a.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy MIDI/Game port (rev 04)
01:0a.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port (rev 04)
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08-08-2004, 08:46 AM
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#4
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Registered: Feb 2003
Distribution: Slackware-current
Posts: 47
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $99.95 | Rating: 10
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.8-rc3
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Slackware
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No problems using ALSA.
One thing to remember, when using alsaconf to setup the card initially, the alsamixer program must be used to enable Analog audio (which most people use). If you use the Digital output, ignore this:
Open a term or from console type alsamixer, go over to the right to "Audigy A" and press . (The Period Key) (This will turn Analog output ON)
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12-31-2004, 10:33 PM
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Registered: Aug 2004
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 303
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $100.00 | Rating: 10
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2.6.7
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Slackware
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Easy to install. ALSA drivers had better sound quality than OSS.
EDIT: Apparantly it works with surround according to someone above, so I'll take his word for it.
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04-08-2005, 10:45 PM
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Registered: Jul 2003
Distribution: Fedora Core 3
Posts: 280
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $40.00 | Rating: 9
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.9-1.667
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Fedora Core 3
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after F3 removed ISA support had to upgrade.... this works well once you get a driver from ALSA.
Trinity
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04-19-2005, 01:58 AM
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Registered: Sep 2003
Distribution: SuSE 9.2 Pro
Posts: 14
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 10
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.8-24.14 default
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SuSE 9.2 Pro
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Worked out of the box (using ALSA which is default in 9.2) with 5.1 setup.
Greetings
Silber
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06-20-2005, 08:36 PM
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Registered: Jan 2004
Distribution: Gentoo amd64, CrunchBang amd64
Posts: 350
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $79.00 | Rating: 10
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.4.26
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Slackware 10
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It just installed and ran fine off the alsa drivers that came with slackware 10
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07-05-2005, 06:32 PM
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Registered: Mar 2003
Distribution: OpenSuSE 10 x86
Posts: 4
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $99.95 | Rating: 8
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.10
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Ubuntu 5.04
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You need to enable/unmute the "Audigy Analog/Digital Output Jack" to get it to work.
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10-09-2005, 09:10 PM
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#10
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Registered: Sep 2004
Distribution: Support those that support you :)
Posts: 872
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $100.00 | Rating: 10
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.11
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Mandriva 10.2 (2005 LE)
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All my 8 speakers (7.1) were pluged in correctly bebore installing Mandrake.
Once installed XMMS played an MP3 through all 8 speakers no problems.
I fiddling with Kmix (Alsamixer) there is a setting that is a feature of the card but will cause problems for some.
Analog/digital when MM (Muted) digital speakers are required.
This isnt a hassle as it is a feature of the card that has been implemented.
(card is fully functional and sound quality is on par with Official Creative Drivers for Windows)
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11-07-2005, 11:19 AM
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Registered: Oct 2005
Distribution: Debian Etch (w/ dual-boot XP for gaming)
Posts: 282
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 5
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.13
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Debian Etch
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Installed using ALSA drivers - had some hiccups but nothing too hard to overcome.
Great sound too, compared to the old onboard chip!
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05-13-2006, 02:55 PM
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#12
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Registered: Jun 2004
Distribution: Ubuntu 6.10
Posts: 24
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $120.00 | Rating: 9
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.16.13-4-default
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SUSE Linux 10.1 GM
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The Audigy 2 ZS Gamer Limited Edition installed quite well on SUSE Linux 10.1. The only problem was that I needed to change the 'analog/digital output' switch to hear sound. I feel this should default to analog as that's what most people use. Sounds great with alsa.
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07-20-2007, 05:08 PM
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#13
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Registered: Aug 2006
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 763
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 9
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.22.1-rt2
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Distribution:
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Slack 12
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I got the Audigy 2 ZS Platinum (because of the remote) and it worked out of the box, except the remote (gotta love lirc).
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