Epinions Recent Reviews for Guillemot Maxi Sound Fortissimo

Guillemot Maxi Sound Fortissimo: Not quite Maximum sound, Guillemot

Sun, 29 Apr 2001 15:21:12 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author con_mcb - After downloading some new drivers for my SB AWE 32, the sound went to hell on my computer. It was so terrible, I frankly don't want to talk about it.

The card was 6 years old and had certainly had a good innings so I strode in a my local...

Guillemot Maxi Sound Fortissimo: Cheap surround sound?

Tue, 30 Jan 2001 19:51:50 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author clicq - I bought this sound card when I built a new computer. I picked it mainly for its price and 4 speaker and digital output support. I paid about $50 about 6 months ago.

Hardware

This card is based on Yamaha's YMF7xx chipset (if you...

Guillemot Maxi Sound Fortissimo: At least it's surround sound...

Mon, 29 Jan 2001 11:59:36 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author nerdcage - I picked up a set of 3D surround sound speakers with sub woofer. The only thing left to get was the sound card to support it. I wasn't looking to spend a ton of money, and this card fit the bill. Four months later, I'm looking for a new card.
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Guillemot Maxi Sound Fortissimo: Good if you aren't an Audio Perfectionist

Sat, 14 Oct 2000 04:45:40 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author heavyd1850 - I bought this card from Best Buy about 6 months ago for 49 dollars. Considering you could get the SB 512 for 20 bucks more makes this card not as good of a deal as it could be. It is only a 16 bit card. It has built in hardware processing of a few...

Guillemot Maxi Sound Fortissimo: Good try, but not quite

Tue, 22 Aug 2000 01:47:14 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author phogen - I believe this is Guillemot's first try in the soundcard area. The definitely make a good run at it. If you look at the features of this card it looks like a contender. It uses a new yamaha chipset that is the first to support DirectSound, EAX and A3D,...