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Creative Labs USB Sound Blaster X-Fi 70SB109000000 Surround 5.1
List price: $97.92
Sale price: $58.00
You save: $39.92 (41%)
Binding: Electronics
Brand: Creative Labs
EAN: 0054651146488
Feature(s): X-Fi Crystalizer technology restores the detail and vibrance to your compressed music and movies. All the highs and lows are intelligently enhanced so you¿ll hear everything in crystal clarity.Slip on your headphones and X-Fi CMSS-3D technology moves the sound away from your ears and into the space around you. You¿ll feel like you¿ re sitting with your favorite band or in the best seat in the movie theater.Expand your stereo music and movies into surround sound with X-Fi CMSS-3D technology. Voices are centered in front of you. Ambient sound appears all around you... just like a live performance.Realistic sound effects in games Bullets whiz past your head. Explosions shake the room. Take your games to the next level with EAX ADVANCED HD sound effects.Cinematic surround sound from DVD movies Watch your DVDs in cinematic surround sound with PowerDVD software featuring DTS and Dolby Digital -EX decoding (free download with purchase).
Memorabilia: False
Item Dimensions: Height 6.3"Width 2.4"Length 8.9"Weight 3 lbs.
Label: Creative Labs
List Price: $97.92
Manufacturer: Creative Labs
Model: 70SB10900000
MPN: 70SB10900000
Package Dimensions:
Height: 2.5"
Width: 6.5"
Length: 2.5"
Weight: 1 lbs.
Product Group: CE
Publisher: Creative Labs
Studio: Creative Labs
UPC: 054651146488
Editorial Reviews
Product Description:
Why settle for basic, built-in sound? Your music and movies deserve Xtreme Fidelity. Simply connect the Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 sound card to your PC or notebook and turn your downloaded music into your own personal concert. Watch DVDs or downloaded videos with full cinematic surround sound. Plus experience 3D audio and EAX effects in your games. It's a better blast! USB 2.0 or 1.1 connectivity to PC Ports - Microphone in (1/8 mini jack); Stereo Line in (1/8 mini jack); Headphone out (1/8 mini jack); Left/Right Speaker out (2x RCA jacks); Rear-Left/Rear-Right out (1/8 mini jack); Center/Subwoofer out (1/8 mini jack); Optical out (TOSLINK) Cinematic surround sound from DVD movies - Watch your DVDs in cinematic surround sound with PowerDVD software featuring DTS and Dolby Digital EX decoding (free download with purchase). Plus send Dolby pass-thru audio directly to your home theater receiver using the optical output Includes USB Sound Blaster X-FI Surround 5.1 sound card; USB Cable; Installation CD; Quick Start leaflet; Stereo RCA to 1/8? jack adapter
Customer Reviews Average rating - 4.0
Rating - 5 Date: 2008-11-21
Content: Creative Labs USB sound blaster x-Fi.
Good sound quality with easy to setup.
Summary: Good product
Rating - 4 Date: 2008-11-16
Content: Using it in college so my laptop is compatible with my 5.1 speakers from home. The setup sounds great except there is a split second lag in videos, and a very noticeable lag in games. Perfect for music though
Summary: everything's good except for lag
Rating - 4 Date: 2008-11-06
Content: I had a few problems when i first downloaded X-Fi and I think this had something to do with the fact that I updated my OS to Windows XP service pack 3. Other programs on my computer also glitched after updating to Windows XP spk3. Anyway, I was missing features under the "Task" options in Creative WaveStudio 7 and the Volume controls were not responding. After contacting CreativeLabs customer service they had me download updated firmware which fixed the problem. The sound, recording, and mixing features are excellent. This soundcard is replacing Creative Audigy 2 which was pretty good in its on right and is why I stay with Creative Lab products.
Summary: A few problems at first
Rating - 4 Date: 2008-10-28
Content: I recently purchased the Creative Labs USB Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 device. I was a former user of the older Live USB Sound Card. This is everything that the Live device wasn't, especially support for USB 2.0. More to the point, I needed a high quality device to drive both 5.1 Digital and 2.0 Analog audio to my A/V receiver at the same time. The 5.1 channel drives my main zone, while the 2.0 channels drive my two remote zones (using the SB headphone jack).
The Sound Blaster integrates between my Media Center PC that is used primarily as a Digital Audio and Video library. My PC has a very small profile and unfortunately the on board Audio, does not support both 5.1 and 2.0 channels at the same time. The only drawback is my HD Audio onboard components support a higher sampling rate of 192K as opposed to the Sound Blaster rate of 96K. I suspect this is due to the USB bandwidth. Personally, I cannot hear the difference.
All in all this is a very nice package that fits into my home entertainment environment. I like the black finish and that all the cables connect in the back. When will the drivers be updated to support 7.1? And the hardware to support HDMI?
Summary: USB Sound Blaster...fits the bill
Rating - 5 Date: 2008-10-24
Content: I haven't played with the bells and whistles but it's super convenient for a laptop as a quality sound card replacement. Just a simple USB plug-in. Perfect for me.
Summary: Seems great so far
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