Hi, looking for a replacemente for my Xonar DX got to know about the new creative cards and their new line up of AE cards get very good reviews and to my surprise now EVGA makes audio cards with also very good reviews.
Currently i'm using a sort of.. hybrid 5.1 system.
2 x Mackie Mr5 Mk3 (studio monitors)
-Front1 x Klipsch RC-42 II
-Center2 x Edifier C6
-Surround1 x Klipsch R-112sw
-Subwoofer Software i use:
Music: Foobar2000 with an ASIO plugin when i want the best sound possible and not going to use any other audio source since it mutes everything else.
Movies/Series: MPC-BC with an ASIO multichannel plugin (buggy but works).
The AE series has a feature called "Direct Mode", this is like using ASIO right? bypassing any sort of processing of the audio (something i want), does the Nu Audio has something similar?.
Another thing important is the Bass Redirection, since i'm using LFE mode on the sub. i would like to control the dB + crossover frequency, since somethimes i want to listen music with an extra punch. I know foobar has a plugin for this but... if the software on the Nu Audio support this function in a native way it would be better since that would mean i can use it on games too and any audio. (lowering the Hz cross to 60 for example).
In price the Nu is a little cheaper, but which one would you recommend?.