HT OMEGA STRIKER 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card

Pros: Heavy Duty
Engineered in the USA
No mail in rebate or free cheap headset gimmicks.
Customer service agents are really quick to find a solution to a problem, and they return your emails fast.
The sound from this card is better than a woman.

Cons: Quality control can be a little bit better. We all know something will sneak through every once in awhile, I just happened to be that one.

Overall Review: When I first bought the card there was a quality control issue with one of the metal pins on the FP Audio connector. I attempted to return the product to the company not realizing that new egg had a 1 year warranty on the product. After an exchange of emails with HTOmega, I seemed to have lost one of their emails with the RMA information. Not realizing they emailed me the RMA info, I gave the card a bad review based upon not having received the RMA info. When Howard of HTOmega caught wind of my review(yes they read our reviews)within 1 business day I had a new card (Yes 1 business day), the only question asked was where do we send it. Now that is rockin customer service. AMD has excellent customer service, but these guys are even better than AMD. Don't be fooled by the gimmicks of their major compeititor. They will give you some free 1$ head sets or a 50$ rebate just to get you to buy their junk. HT Omega is a small company that just wants you to give them a shot. And you should.

Pros: Install was easy, Installed on two OS, XP and windows 7. I Needed to change from on board sound card, because onboard sound, one jack center channel was damaged. This seemed like a decent card for the price. No problem with install of hardware and drivers on both OS.

Cons: Cant figure out why, sound is considerably lower than my recent on-board sound card both XP and W7. When I kick the volume up, it distorts horribly. I have an OK speaker system no thing great. Logitech 7.1. I can tell that this sound card has better sound quality, no doubt, but this volume issue has me puzzled. If I cant figure it out, will have to buy another card.

Overall Review: I really do not like the fact that the manufacturer has a phone that is disconnected. Will have to go email support.