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I just scored a live drive for my Audigy 2 ZS sound card. There are 2 versions of the sound card I have; one is the vanilla Audigy 2 ZS and the other is the Audigy 2 ZS Platinum. It's basically the same card with different accessories, mainly the live drive. When I bought my card, the vanilla version cost 6,200 bucks which was way back in 2005; while the Platinum version at that time was like 9,000 bucks give or take. At that time I didn't have the budget to buy the Platinum version so I settled for the vanilla version. I've been looking for that particular live drive for quite sometime now; thankfully some dude with a Platinum version of the card was selling it. Originally he was selling the entire package with the card included, but I managed to persuade him to sell me the live drive separately for 1,800.

I really wanted to have this so I can just directly plug in my headphones in the front panel without passing through the speakers to save on electricity. Plus I also have additional inputs for recording and stuff which might come handy in the future. Also, there is a subtle difference in sound quality if you're plugging your headphones directly into the sound card as to passing through your speaker system. The sound comes out better when it's directly connected to the card... well for me anyway.

I was thinking of selling the card at first and get the new X-Fi line of sound card from Creative. But it just ain't worth the price at the moment. Plus, the sound quality doesn't really differ from the Audigy 2 ZS and the top of the line X-Fi cards. The entry level X-Fi card right now is around 6,000 bucks which is not worth it. Thankfully the dude who was supposed to buy my card was just a poser and didn't finalize our transactions. I guess it was a blessing in disguise... well at least some posers serve a purpose, haha!