Sound BlasterX G1

At the sale price, this is an absolutely amazing piece of technology. It simply works, does what it says, unlocks some basic audio tuning, and vastly outperforms the onboard audio on my outdated but not low-end motherboard. The dongle itself is constructed of the usual materials, only setting itself apart with the red "X" that lights up while plugged in. It is alarmingly light, but don't let it deter you from the quality of sound it outputs. I'm no audiophile; I'm sure this leaves something to be desired for the hardcore aficionados of sound, but even my average ears picked up the increase in richness, deeper lows and sharper highs. The accompanying software is bare but functional, my preference for software, and seems to work well. It even has a voice effects feature for your microphone that seems more of an afterthought than a genuine tool but the novelty is worth noting. The EQ works well and the different audio effects do impact the sound in noticeable ways. I am not keen on the virtual 5.1 or 7.1 sound features but I also do not have headphones that even pretend to offer surround features. Connecting to Discord my friends immediately noted how much better my voice sounded and I was also able to get more volume out of the headset itself on the call. Listening to music went from pleasent to engaging, both the increased volume and the broader range of sound brought more to my usual playlists. Gaming is improved too: things sound more genuine and details are preserved, worlds sound more alive and I can pick out audio queues much quicker. The scout mode that's advertised went untested for me, I couldn't get the hotkeys to work and I didn't like the sound of keeping it enabled, however it was functional in the tests I tried with it on. It feels more like a specifically tuned EQ setting more than anything. Overall, this is absolutely hands down a win for me, and I recommend it strongly to anyone looking for improved audio on any system. I'm sure you could pair a high end sound card with a quality amp and get some mind blowing sound, but for someone who just wants sounds to sound like they ought to, this is it, especially for the price.

A week ago, I bought a rando-named brand that was less than $10 because my cat chewed the wire of my old 3.5mm to USB Turtle Beach adapter. While the incoming audio was great the rando-name, the mic sounded like a landline telephone. I did get what I paid for... THIS right here is what I wanted. I use this with Windows 10 and this has Audio Enhancements such as Bass Boost, Surround Sound, Loudness Equalization, and Spatial Audio configurable in the Mic Properties part of the Sound Control Panel. No drivers needed, total plug and play. So if the headset you want only comes as 3.5mm, this is what you need right here. This one has a single long 1/8" jack for a TRRS (left audio, right audio, mic, ground). This does come with a TRS spllitter, or you can buy their other one that has two TRS jacks already. I've bought Creative products all the way back from the late 90's and see they're still doing more-than-decent products to this day. Thanks.

I'm going to state why I was looking for a sound card in the first place. The onboard sound on my motherboard just isn't that great. The Realtek ACL892 is crap. The native drivers in Windows want to run in 7.1 surround, even when you have a 2-speaker headset plugged in. I had to force install the Realtek drivers ("Windows has detected your current driver may be a better match" my ass...) just to get it to work as plain 2-speaker and not try and do surround sound in games, just to have audio cut out. I play Day-Z with my friends. I also like to play first-person games like the new Wolfenstein series. The worse thing in the world is to turn, in-game, and have the sounds to your back/side just disappear entirely or end up as a flat, lifeless audio. So I was goign to get one of Creative's PCI-e cards to have better control over whether it is or is not surround and have a card that can actually handle it. That's when I came across this little beauty. It was a good chunk less than the cards, and when paired with the Sound Blaster H5 headset, enabled virtual 7.1 surround in a "made for each other" type mode. I can tell you it's made a huge difference. I was blown away the first time I opened up Day-Z. Even my friends said my voice is much clearer now, and man can I hear a difference now than before. I turned off the onboard sound, it's redundant at this point. I was skeptical at first, having had a USB audio device in the past, but man has this adaptor changed my mind. If you're considering this and are hesitating, just get it. You'll be happy you did.

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Excelente tarjeta y fácil de usar.

Honestly, i couldn't be more suprised for the price, great sound quality and it fixed my low volume microphone (Realtek ALC4080). Drivers automatically installed on windows 10.

Ho deciso di acquistare questa scheda USB per migliorare l'audio del mio PC accoppiandola a delle cuffie della Audio-Technica. Mi ha permesso di ottenere un ottima virtualizzazione 7.1 con la possibilità di gestire molti parametri come l'intensità dell'audio spaziale, i bassi, la possibilità di dare priorità alle "voci" ecc. La consiglio a chi non ha pretese esagerate ma vuole un buon comparto audio.

Difícil dizer do que não gostei. Conheço a Creative há mais de 25 anos e os produtos sempre foram excelentes