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

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #562 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Creative Labs
• Model: 70SB10900000
• Dimensions: 6.30" h x 2.40" w x 8.90" l, 3.00 pounds

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 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).

Customer Reviews

Great sound card for laptops
I bought this to pair up my laptop to my Logitech z 5500 5.1 system. The audio quality is much better than the stock sound card, not to mention 5.1 surround sound support (not included on almost ALL laptops). The software included is not the greatest when using Windows Vista, as many of the features that would normally be on Windows XP are cut out (for compatibility issues), but It still has many custom settings and equalizers to get the exact sound you're looking for. It comes with much more software than advertised, including a DVD player that supports Dolby, multiple CD/DVD burners, an audio editor, a music player, and an entertainment center similar to windows media center. Another cool feature that I found is the X-Fi CMSS-3D setting, which (depending on how you set it) basically takes 2 channel sound (like mp3 songs) and either simulates surround sound (by putting the vocals on the center speaker and other instruments on the surrounds), or just plays all of the speakers in stereo.

For those people looking for a lot of bass for hip hop and dance songs, this sound card can tune the bass frequencies up to 12 dB, so when using my Logitech z 5500's, the whole house, and the neighbors house(s), shake ridiculously.

Overall:
-Great build and sound quality
-Perfect for laptops
-5.1 support for your

I CAN HEAR IT ALL
I recently ordered a Creative express card only to have the order cancelled due to a backorder problem,I went to my local Circuitcity and purchased this sound blaster and I must say it improves built in sound on my HP greatly,Some other reviews of this product were not so good,I had some doubts but purchased it anyways,I am definately not sorry,the drivers installed no problem,you can even leave the drivers out and just let windows use the drivers from Microsoft.I am currently running Vista Ultimate on this laptop.

Excellent purchase that saved the day
I had the unfortunate experience of frying the sound on not one but two Dell Inspiron 5100 laptops, and was faced with the dilemma of either replacing both motherboards or both laptops, as the sound chipset is obviously built right onto the motherboard. How fortunate I was to buy Creative Labs USB Sound Blaster X-Fi for a little over $36! The sound is excellent, the product superior, and truly saved the day for me! Hats off to Creative Labs for a job well done!