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Creative Labs USB Sound Blaster X-Fi 70SB109000000 Surround 5.1
Creative Labs USB Sound Blaster X-Fi 70SB109000000 Surround 5.1
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Brand: Creative Labs
Category: CE

List Price: $97.92  (€77.36)
Buy New: $53.53  (€42.29)
You Save: $44.39  (€35.07) (45%)
Buy New/Used from $42.92  (€33.91)

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars(23 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1007

Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 2.4 x 6.3

MPN: 70SB10900000
Model: 70SB10900000
UPC: 054651146488
EAN: 0054651146488
ASIN: B0017QQQAE

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:
  • X-Fi Crystalizer technology restores the detail and vibrance to your compressed music and movies. All the highs and lows are intelligently enhanced so youll 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. Youll 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).

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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:   Read 18 more reviews...

4 out of 5 stars great surround sound for a reasonable price   January 2, 2009
The sound quality is amazing. Music that I didn't really like earlier sounds sharp and clear and the bass is great. Good for parties. And really transforms the experience for gamers, particularly FPS games or war-based games. The only problem I found is that the USB cable to connect to the computer is too short. Overall, a great buy.


2 out of 5 stars Not so great. . .   December 20, 2008
I bought this as a replacement for an older external sound card, thinking it would be a step up. I was sadly mistaken- the quality of sound was less than the SB 24 Live! external, and it seems to have a mind of its own about whether or not it wants to play through all four satellite speakers. No matter what settings I used, it persistently played almost everything as stereo through the front speakers only. After fighting it for a couple of days and spending a lot of time on CL's support site, I gave up and sent it back.


2 out of 5 stars When Monitoring the Microphone, There is a Delay   December 19, 2008
  1 out of 1 found this review helpful

If you want to use this device strictly to listen to music through your digital entertainment center's speakers using the optical digital connection, you will be quite pleased.

If, however, you want to listen through the earphone output on the device, you will hear all sorts of pops and cracks.

Also if you want to use the device to record music on your computer hard drive and need to listen to the monitor, the monitor switch is hidden in the device volume panel (it is a recent software upgrade), in the Mixer function window. There is a small box to the right of the field that says Mic-in/Line-in. Click that box. However, you will notice a horrible delay between what you say and what you hear back through the monitor. This is an absolutely unacceptable engineering flaw.

I've communicated with Creative about the problem, and their attitude is "so sad, too bad, get a refund."

To summarize, this is great for simply listening to music through your stereo. It is horrible for listening through headphones or when using the microphone/line-in monitor.



5 out of 5 stars Bang for the buck   December 12, 2008
Creative Labs USB Sound Blaster X-Fi 70SB Surround 5.1This product is a much needed device for enhancing the quality of sound that comes from sources that are compressed on the computer such as internet radio. The device makes a noticeable difference in both clarity and depth of sound, particularly for music. The inputs are useful, including earphones, line-in (for an MP3 player)and microphone. The output for speakers allows a hook-up to powered multi-media speakers. For those who do not want to install a computer card, this external device is easy to use and is cost-effective.
RTT



5 out of 5 stars Good product   November 21, 2008
Creative Labs USB sound blaster x-Fi.
Good sound quality with easy to setup.


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