Topic on Glossary talk:Sound card
I was already reporting that years ago. Check the latest edit in "Creative's BS".
It's not sens_oal to be bugged/wrong (or well, at least not inherently for this reason) but ALchemy that is biased to just care about "Audigy" and "X-fi" device strings. And I'm pretty sure to remember people on vogons had worked that around.
I'd be glad if you or anybody else with a good ear could report back about differences in this situation.