Audigy2 Great Sound or not?

[Jose]

What do you guys think of the he new Audigy2? It  got a very good review at Tom's Hardware. If said review is completely true, this card is the best bet if you're looking for quality on the midrange. I think the thing even has THX certification for 24bit 96Khz recording if I read correctly!! The new DA/AD converters also have much better quality. Of course you'd buy more pro equipment for say music creation for example, but the thing is, at this quality, you probably won't even notice the difference if you're doing basic track/editing stuff. And if you play guitar (like me, well try at least :-o  :-D ) you'll probably want to have a separat effects processor so the recording is more than acceptable. Now we need drivers for this thing. :-x  

[Jose]

And on another article about sound on games (acutaly it's the impact of soundcards on game performance) Tom says:

"The Audigy 2 is also an excellent choice, but the investment of $129 is only worth it if you are interested in its musical features. "

Nice ught? [EDIT yeah I've read other reviews]
I just got a new one for 80$ on eBay :-o  :-o  :-D  :-D  8-)

[Jose]

"These fancy five and six way sound systems may be cool for gaming presence, but if you seek music reproduction, they aren't worth half the money."

Yeah, I kinda knew that. I just didn't bother to read a whole bunch of reviews, well just some few ones. Bottom line is that the sound is acceptable, and a more music creation oriented card would probably cost alot more.
The truth is that I hurried too much when I saw that I could buy it for half the price + shipping.
[EDIT] Ok so that everyone knows, the thing costed me 66$ without shipping!!
 You can't get these deals everyday.

[Jose]

Hey 8-)  Well, from the few stuff I know I think the quality of the AD converters would be a more important thing to look at. I haven't found much info on that, probably cause the card is new, but since all stuff I've read praises the card, I  got it. For that price I just couldn't say no. And I can allways get an external AD converter and use the digital inputs that support 24bit 96khz, but the quality level is more than acceptable.
Now I only need one of those   RRoads guitar :-D  8-)
[EDIT] A black one of course

[Jose]

@mikeymike
thx but nevermind, the one I got was the Audigy2.