

- Clarity is REALLY good, I'm impressed at what I'm hearing in sound that I wasn't before. I really thought that my onboard was fine, until I got this as a "why not" gift for myself. I figured that it'd at least give me a physical switch to turn up and down music, it does ALOT more than that. - I'm impressed at how much more distinct sounds are. Listening even to shows on youtube, or streamed online, I can hear sounds far more separately, and clearly. This really adds to music especially. - Fixed a problem I was having where my audio channels on my headset were backwards (My right audio came out my left, and vice versa), it seems to be common online, and this is a fairly expensive way to fix it, but it did fix it.


- Quick and easy driver software installation. - Driver software includes extras for bass-boosting and other enhancements like an equalizer. - Quality is good. Games such as Halo Reach sound as expected with this sound card.

For years I had gotten away from addon soundcards as onboard sound had been getting better and better. I have a Yamaha sub woofer and Bose speakers and I had been noticing with each newer build I was less and less happy with sound on my desktop system. Weak thin sound finally got to me so I bought this card and was reminded why I bought my sub woofer and speakers, the sound is so rich and full, better than I ever remember it sounding! Bas that can peel wallpaper off walls and rich full sound makes you feel you are right there at a concert hall!

I brought this because my mother board sound card was dying and was unable to install an internal card due to my graphics card being mounted vertically in my case preventing access to the card slots. This little device was easy to connect and use having noticeably better sound quality than the original mother board audio before it developed issues.


Comes with low profile bracket. Sound is great compared to onboard sound component.

Have always been a fan of Creative's sound card line up since the days of Win 98. This card is no exception... it was easy to set up, and even gives my Creative 7.1 surround headphones a run for their money, compared to it's own 7.1 USB sound device. I have them paired with a sound bar; easily switches between the two with little to no recognizable sound differences at lower volumes.

High quality product. The sound is amazing. I have upgraded from a Sound blaster Z series. That was great. But this one is something else. I am happy with my purchase.

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