Creative Sound Blaster Live! 5.1

Advantages: Almost everything, price, EMUK101, performance
Disadvantages: None, This card makes it not to go for any other card

...Creative Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 I own this card, bought for connecting my Mercury 5.1 Home Theatre system. This review shares my experiences with this card. First of all let me point out important specs. I don't give full technical specifications as it is easily available in the net. Main specs These are the main specs that are to be highlighted. Patened EMUK 101 Effects Processor Separate EMUK101 Music Synthesis Engine Up to 32MB of samples into host memory for professional music reproduction. Environmental Audio and 3D Audio Technology User selectable settings, Microsoft DirectX sound support, Dolby Pro Logic And EAX support. Supports MPU-401 UART mode, supports AC97 (16 bit). 15 pin Female port for joystick connection. My Opinion This card is really a very good performer. I...

nishanthl21111987 06.11.2008 · Read review
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Review of Creative Sound Blaster Live! 5.1

MX5 1.8 Sport

Advantages: Dead easy to drop the top (and put it up again)
Disadvantages: Fuel economy coulld be better

...For the Summer I purchased a second hand MX5 1.8 Sports. It was 4 years old and had the matching hard top as well as the permanently fitted cloth soft top. I had done my home work and this was the one that every review was recommending. It is one of the limited edition Sports and as such comes with leather heated seats. First things first, off came the hard top and into storage until winter. The hard top was very simple to remove and the soft top just flips up and down. However neither my wife or I can pull the soft top up when sitting in the seats. One of us has to get out. Both the hard top and soft top have a heated rear window which is essential and in a two seater cabin. The fold up rear wind deflector is not that good so long hair still gets blown forward. Top Gear did an effective demonstration of the difference...

ForlornHope 23.07.2007 · Read review
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Review of Mazda MX-5 1.8i

Don't Tust the 5.1 on this system

Advantages: Easy setup, simple controls
Disadvantages: Very low output volume on 5.1 setup, completely unbalanced audio

...really just extra volume knobs that adjust the individual channels. E.g. Front, rear, centre, sub. The system is not bad to look at and has detachable speaker covers, a visual advantage for people who enjoy the old visible cone look. The control unit looks OK too, and has a nice electric blue power light to match the ever popular colour of illumination on most light PC cases these days. You'll get to know that this system definitely doesn't sound as good as it looks though when you turn it on and listen for the first time. I must say, I was thoroughly disappointed when I attempt to take advantage of the, so called, 5.1 surround sound. I really struggle to get a good level of volume even when at full blast. When I changed my PC to stereo output, and then plug a single lead into the "mp3" jack in the back of the control unit it actually...

Maximus_Doom 01.09.2008 · Read review
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Review of Trust Soundforce 5.1 SP-6700T

Creative Sound Blaster Live! 5.1

Advantages: Great quality sound, cheap
Disadvantages: None whatsoever

...I was in the hunt for a new sound card and picked up this Sound blaster 'Live' by Creative from PC world for just £35. The sound blaster Live is powered by the EMU10K1 digital signal processor which means you get very high sound quality without losing any of the power of your PC which other sound cards and onboard sound chips may take away as they require your PC's processor to power the sound, this ofcourse is great news for gamers who need all the spare power they can get in order to obtain maximum framerates. The Creative sound blaster Live 5.1 has the ability to connect to dolby digital and multi-channel digital speaker systems and provides an awesome quality of surround sound in all its glory through 5.1 (providing you have surround sound speakers ofcourse) so you can experience movies via your PC as tho you were in a cinema...

Rabid 12.04.2004 · Read review
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Review of Creative Sound Blaster Live! 5.1

Creative Inspire 5.1 sound system

Advantages: Quality sound for a low price
Disadvantages: Short rear speaker cables

...are too short, you can buy extension leads but it would have be nice if Creative just made them only a meter or two longer, this is a common problem in all surround systems I've encountered, everything else is perfect. A sound card or onboard audio with 5.1 sound option is required to take full advantage of the system but thats becoming a standard now on most devices. I use my PC for everything from movies, music, and games and I'm completely satisfied and have been for the past three years, when or if they break down then I'll upgrade. The system can be bought for about £35, they seem pretty rare now, looks like they've been replaced by newer versions. Best bet is to keep an eye out for them on ebay....

JGK555 17.02.2007 · Read review
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Review of Creative Inspire 5.1 5100

A headset that offers true 5.1 sound.

Advantages: True 5.1 surround sound, clear quality, built in mic.
Disadvantages: Not very durable and breaks easily.

...Theres not many headsets out there that can say they have full 5.1 surround sound. The medusa 5.1 pulls this off very well and is a fantastic headset for gaming. Let me start of with the packaging. The headset is wonderfully packaged inside the box. Complete with soft lining and ribbon to finnish. A nice surprise. It comes with all the cables that you need, and more that I couldn't work out what they were for. Set up was a little tricky and the manual that it came with wasn't the most helpful. After about an hour or so of fiddling with the cables and doing sound checks I managed to get the 5.1 working, including the microhpone. The quality you get from the headphones is great. Crisp sounds and a decent level of volume. Obviously the 5.1 isn't as distinguished as a full set of surround sound speakers will ever be, but it does...

chowname 23.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of Speed-Link SL-8796 Medusa 5.1 Home Edition Headset

Live 5.1 vs. Platinum

Advantages: Excellent in amateur and pro music processing. Second-best choice after a DVD-Player machine for listening to surround movies.
Disadvantages: Not a goodenough value for money option vs. the Platinum

...thing. But, wouldn't you rather have a faster PC (more processing power), or one that can crunch many things at the same time (more memmory) or one that can store all your files (more harddrive space) etc. etc.? In one word, SBLive 5.1 is for the "All of the above" person. The Dolby support, if usable for music creation, is music to every musician's ears, as it can help with noise reduction on live recordings. The DVD enthusiast wants the most out his movies so its a good option too. And if s/he has 6 speakers, wel... The gamer, has nothing to gain however, vs. the platinum, as 6 speakers doesn't add significantly more to realism. Nor does the mp3 fan have to gain anything, as these extra features don't apply for these uses; No cd is burned to play on six speakers (so far) and no mp3 player can do much more than left/right panning. So...

sterghios 13.03.2001 · Read review
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Review of Creative Labs Soundblaster Live! Player 5.1

Value for money Creative 5.1 system

Advantages: Price, easy instillation
Disadvantages: loose quality at high volumes, not the best lookin but are OK

...After recently getting a new laptop and finding that the inbuilt 5W speakers were absolutely awful, so i decided to connect these speakers to the laptop. Having an overall output power of 48Watt they were surely going to be better than what i had. Creative are one of the most well known makers of speaker systems and it was with this background that i bought them for around £100 a couple of years around. The setup is 5.1 surround sound (although only 2.1 works with my laptop but the whole system does work on my brothers PC). There are 5 satellite speakers, each of which are wired and have an output of 6W. For this output they are reasonably small, being only 4" tall and 3" deep. Each one supports 2.5" speakers cones and is surrounded by a black plastic casing. The 5" subwoofer is wood-encased and has an adjustable knob...

MVP017 26.07.2007 · Read review
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Review of Creative Inspire 5.1 5300

Genius SW 5.1

Advantages: Both Television and Computer usage
Disadvantages: Some customers may find initial setup confusing

...Around March time i was looking to uprade my computer setup with 5.1 surround sound i went to what was then my local computer store and after having 1-to-1 conversations with the owners of the shop i finally decided on this set of speakers. They do exactly what they offer however i am a little dissapointed because they are not entirely what i expected. I was looking forward to hearing my music in 3D surround sound so that i could hear different instruments from different speakers, this works well with certain films, For example "The Alien Quadrilogy" In some scenes you can hear the aliens breathing from a corner and running around your room which was impressive. Unfortunately this feature does not work so well with music, sure it will work on some of your songs however I find that the center speaker is not very good (but you can...

aNILEator 25.07.2004 · Read review
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Review of Genius SW 5.1

Nothing Better For Use With Sound Blaster 5.1

Advantages: CHEAP, great sound,
Disadvantages: big box

...I, as I seem to writing all too frequently, have just built myself a new PC! It was the first one I have ever built and the only previous experience I have had with PC Hardware was doing the odd upgrade to my old PC. It was pretty nerve reeking, but I survived and I really enjoyed it and the sound I now get out of it is great. Most people underestimate sound when it comes to computers, but I consider it as important as anything else in a PC. It is not required to have sound to make a pc work, but I couldn't live without it. I listen to music a lot and have a large music collection. I encoded these all into mp3 files on my PC. Thankfully they sound better being played on my PC than on anything else. I have the DTT2200 Home Theatre speakers with the Creative Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 Player. This is a very common combination and I...

gadget_guy 07.01.2002 · Read review
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