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Creative SoundBlaster PCI Express Extreme Audio
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Manufacturer: Creative Labs
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Creative Labs
EAN: 0054651146143
Feature: Device Type - Sound Blaster
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Creative Labs
Manufacturer: Creative Labs
Model: 70SB104000000
Publisher: Creative Labs
Studio: Creative Labs
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Features
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Device Type - Sound Blaster
Interface Type - PCI-E
Sound Output Mode - 7.1
- Recording: 24-bit/96kHz
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Editorial Reviews:
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Creative's Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio gives an experience beyond studio quality with MP3 music and movies! Featuring award-winning X-Fi technologies, X-Fi Crystalizer restores the details and vibrance lost during MP3 and DIVX compression, breathing life back into any audio, while X-Fi CMSS-3D expands stereo music and movies into amazing surround sound. Effective over virtually any speakers, including stereo speakers, Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio even provides unbelievable surround sound over normal headphones! The low profile design plus digital out for connecting to a home cinema system make it ideal for Media Center PCs. 3.5mm Headphone Out/Line Out (front L/R) Line Out 2 (rear L/R, side L), Line Out 3 (center/sub/side R) 3.5mm Flexijack - Line In / Microphone In / Digital I/O Internal line level Input (via 4-pin Molex connector) Intel HD Audio Compatible Front Panel Header (2x5pin) 2 Year Warranty System Requirements - Windows XP, Pentium 4 1.6 GHz, AMD Athlon XP 2000+, 256 MB RAM, 600 MB Hard Drive, PCI 2.1, CD-ROM Drive
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Not what I had hoped for
Comment: I ordered this sound card for its digital output toslink and claimed compatibility with windows vista. However, this card did not live up to my expectations at all. I had wanted to hook up the sound card to play through my audio receiver and 7.1 speaker setup in the living room. What they fail to tell you, except in the fine print, is that the digital SPDIF outputs only output Dolby 5.1 sound when you are playing DVDs. Otherwise, if you are playing MP3's or other music files, it only outputs in stereo (and poor quality stereo at that). I then tried to go analog and connect the various output jacks to my receiver's inputs. The sound quality was awful.
So I sent the card back.
This is in stark contrast to the old Soundblaster Extigy which I purchased years ago. It was able to output surround sould (including CMSS) through the digital connection to my receiver and sounded great. The problem is that I had to upgrade to Vista and Creative abandoned the Extigy, deeming it "End of Life". I have since been unable to find a sound card which can provide its feature set for Vista.
Needless to say, I did not purchase another Soundblaster. I went with an alternative sound card with Dolby Digital Live output. It is still not as good as the Extigy because it doesn't provide CMSS, but it'll do for now.
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