Creative Sound Blaster Connect

Advantages: Good sound, optical connections, complete bundle
Disadvantages: A bit light, stereo only via analogue

...It?s not always easy or convenient to open your PC to install a new soundcard. You may just not like the idea of physically opening the machine. It may be you are a laptop owner and plagued by their notoriously poor audio capabilities. In either case, if you need to upgrade your machine?s sound capabilities, the Creative SoundBlaster Connect is just what the doctor ordered Installation Being a USB device, you simply need to install the drivers, plug it in to a USB socket and away you go. The Sound Blaster Connect takes its power from the USB connection so no external power pack is needed which is a major plus point. My system has Windows XP and an existing onboard sound card but it's a bit average. After installation both the original sound card and the new external one worked fine but I decided to disable the onboard sound via...

ilaskey 20.04.2007 · Read review
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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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Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer

Advantages: Voters stunning
Disadvantages: none

...I am always very confident that the product with the word "extreme" in their names. By using a computer, a product that is in line with the performance, reliability and well-supported. That is, either by the driver, easy installation, or other features that I need to use this product. All have a strange obsession with the name Xi-Fi Xtreme, Xtreme Sound. I wonder, why change something that has been stable since 2001, the last time I think about the sound card? With names like "X-Fi Xtreme Gamer" is what really apart from a previous Sound Blaster sound card in 2001, because the voice I had never complained or irritated and great sound for all games, music, Internet chat. I tried a lot for this computer so that the volume of a sound card is not a problem for me. For those who are interested in the plant, I am pleased to say that this...

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Sound blaster PCI64

Advantages: Extra bundled software utils
Disadvantages: none

...Yet another great product from a well known company. Creative labs have been around now for years and always seem to top the market with well priced software and hardware that you can trust. Not only do they supply everything in the software bundles but they offer full support via their web site with tons of downloads and upgrades and with one on one tech help if required. When I bought my sound blaster PCI64 it was quite a recent product and much sought after by those who love quality music and good sound reproduction. It came complete with a CD that contained drivers for just about every model of computer operating system and loads of extra utility stuff like Creative Audio software, Wave Lab, Creative CD, sound lab for microphone use and more. The wave lab is about the most popular one for me as I often like to make my own mp3s...

Trev1000 19.03.2001 · Read review
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Creative Sound Blaster Live! 5.1

Advantages: Great quality sound, cheap
Disadvantages: None whatsoever

.... The card itself is in PCi format and slots perfectly into a vacant PCi slot and is compatible with Windows 95 upwards, the card is detected as soon as you boot up to your desktop and after a brief (and very easy) installation of the drivers CD the Creative sound blaster Live is ready for use. Updating the drivers is a breeze as Creative are one of the better known and far superior companies in this field at keeping you up-to date with drivers and customer support should you need it. The supplied manual i got was a little sparse but to be perfectly honest i didnt even require one, the card was extremely easy to install and setup. The connectors on the rear of the sound card are all colour coded which is especially useful for anyone wanting to hook up thier surround sound speakers, it just makes life alot easier to have things colour...

Rabid 12.04.2004 · Read review
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Creative Sound Blaster MP3+ external sound card

Advantages: Good software bundle, cheap, works well.
Disadvantages: Only stereo out on analogue

...It's not always easy or convenient to open your PC to install a new soundcard. You may just not like the idea of physically opening the machine. It may be you are a laptop owner and plagued by their notoriously poor audio capabilities. In either case, if you need to upgrade your machine's sound capabilities, the Creative SoundBlaster MP3+ is just what the doctor ordered. I've had mine a couple of years now so you'll probably be looking to eBay or similar if you want to get one now. Installation Being a USB device, you simply need to install the drivers, plug it in to a USB socket and away you go. The MP3+ takes its power from the USB connection so no external power pack is needed which is a major plus point when your computer corner is heaving with external power packs hanging out of wall sockets. My PC has Windows XP...

ilaskey 08.03.2007 · Read review
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Creative Sound Blaster 24bit

Advantages: Cheap, good quality sound
Disadvantages: not enough ports

.../O Aux Audio in * Supports SPDIF Out for Stereo Digital Speaker/ connection with Creative Digital I/O Module (sold separately) Works with the Following Standards Windows® 2000, ME and XP SP2 Sound Blaster MIDI and General MIDI Microsoft® DirectSound®, DirectSound 3D & derivatives Plug and Play Sound Blaster PCI EAX® ADVANCED HD? EAX PCI 2.3 compliant AC97 compliant Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit Audio Performance Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-Weighted) = 100 dB (2V) Frequency Response at -3 dBr = <10 Hz to 40 kHz...

lostsworld 20.05.2006 (21.05.2006) · Read review
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One of the BEST choice for sound card.

Advantages: smaller size, usb connection support, 3D sound experience, very cheap, high SNR ratio.
Disadvantages: Does not support all OS, requires very powerful processor& ram,all features not works on XP

...process to do for normal pc users. But when you can use them as in external USB mode, then whole scenario gets much better. INTRODUCTION OF THE PRODUCT Creative Technology is one of the world?s distinguished companies for manufacturing computer MULTIMEDIA products. They are mostly famous for their outstanding quality and cheaper priced sound cards and graphics cards for computers. They launched the creative sound blaster X-FI first in August 2005. Later they have revised and remodeled their product for more adaptability towards different operating system and more boastful sound quality. SPECIFICATION The X-FI terms stands for extreme fidelity, for maximum sound output with various tuneable options and add on external effects. Just because this product can plugged in with you system, via usb port, that?s why it also depends...

Gladiator007 03.03.2009 (12.04.2009) · Read review
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The Sound Blaster Audigy LS

Advantages: Brilliant clarity. Excellent with all types of music, especially rock. Simple set up & Instructions.
Disadvantages: None at all.

...When it comes to sound, most motherboards these days have integrated electronics to support all manner of devices. Soundcards, while no longer a necessity, have retained their popularity on the market due to the fact that they often improve the sound quality heard through ones speakers or headphones profoundly. Such is the case with the Creative Sound Blaster Audigy LS. Introduction I purchased this card a few months ago, to compliment my cheap and cheerful Pc Chips board, the sound from my motherboard was quite good but didn't really do some genres of music justice (in particular classical music). So off I went to my local computer fair in search of a sound card to give the audio a much needed boost. It didn't take long to locate a stall which seemed to specialize in sound and video cards, after browsing for awhile a box...

Credance100 03.01.2005 · Read review
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Creative Soundblaster Audigy SE

Advantages: Loads of featured software, price
Disadvantages: none

...This is being used as the primary sound card inside my computer. Sound card aren't really much needed these days as computers onboard (motherboard) sound are just as good. It came in a package with an installation CD-Rom. Installing was easy (considering you know how to plug in something to PCI/PCI-Express etc...) It requires no cables to be attached to it but has an area for one which I think is for making a direct connection to your CD drive which isn't at all necessary. Sound quality on this is excellent none-the-less. It is clear as you could possibly want it in 7.1 mode. It has ports for microphone, speakers and? well I don't know what the other two are to tell the truth but the green and pink normal ones are there. It can be run in 2, 2.1, 5.1 and 7.1 modes. The software included is very useful. It comes with the drivers...

coopsta133 07.01.2007 · Read review
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