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TURTLE BEACH TBS-3300-01 Montego DDL Sound Card
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(3.5 out of 5)
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Clean and musical...with one one odd flaw
(4 out of 5) by B. Little on Jan 21, 2007 (Hamden CT, USA)I have used Turtle Beach's Santa Cruz card for several years and just upgraded to this one. It has very low s/n and Turtle Beach considers it an audiophile-grade card, a feature few companies are willing to promote. I found the sound quality even better than the Santa Cruz which was unexpected, the install process was flawless.
One nearly fatal flaw is that there is only a single front speaker line-out jack on the card. This means you have to climb under your desk and replug every time you want to switch from speakers to a set of headphones. The Santa Cruz card had a versa jack, what were they thinking on the Montego?
BTW, I can't see why anyone would have IRQ installation issues...unless they are still using Windows 95 or 98. C'mon people, move to Xp or Vista, it's 2007 after all.
One nearly fatal flaw is that there is only a single front speaker line-out jack on the card. This means you have to climb under your desk and replug every time you want to switch from speakers to a set of headphones. The Santa Cruz card had a versa jack, what were they thinking on the Montego?
BTW, I can't see why anyone would have IRQ installation issues...unless they are still using Windows 95 or 98. C'mon people, move to Xp or Vista, it's 2007 after all.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Excellent
(5 out of 5) by Sidney R. Holsman on Mar 13, 2006I tried 2 previous sound cards from Creative. Both were poor at best. Creatives software and hardware is over priced garbage.
TurtleBeach on the other hand was awesome right out of the box.
I hooked it to a Logitech 5500 5.1 system by wire and optical connection and found the quality to be excellent for music, which was my major concern. The fiber optics connection boosted performance a great deal. The montego was less costly but provided superior quality.
TurtleBeach on the other hand was awesome right out of the box.
I hooked it to a Logitech 5500 5.1 system by wire and optical connection and found the quality to be excellent for music, which was my major concern. The fiber optics connection boosted performance a great deal. The montego was less costly but provided superior quality.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Turtle Beach Montego
(5 out of 5) by George Michael Worth Jr. on Feb 26, 2006Absolutely the best sound card for the money. With its many features especially DDL (Dolby Digital Live) it can't be beat.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Great Card
(5 out of 5) by Jason C. Eyre on Feb 19, 2006 (Utah)I used the card for Dolby Digital Output via Fiber Link cable. It works very well and the sound is amazing.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Works well.
(3 out of 5) by W. Fritsch on Feb 16, 2008 (Fort Wright, KY United States)I bought this based on product reviews, so perhaps others know more than I do about these sound cards. However, I found installation to be problematic on my HP desktop, perhaps because of conflicting drivers/software from onboard sound hardware. Installation was tough, and I could hear no difference between this card and my stock onboard sound.