
Using the 3 slots on sound card, 1 for dual Creative Gigaworks T40 desk speakers, 1 for same set of speakers on a side shelf, and 1 slot for other set of smaller speakers with sub-woofer, selected the 5:1 channel, works great, installed card into a free PCIe x 4 channel slot on the windows pc motherboard (the smallest slot), love the card, 5 eggs

For me it is better than a dac. Out of sight and sounds just as good to my ears.

Incredible sound quality, so much better than PC motherboard cheap sound chip... Richer, clearer, more enveloping and noise-less output, specially when used with headphones. Never thought it would make such a difference. Great software too.


Best sound card in have ever had Easy to setup

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.


I wasn't it expecting it be this good, the sound quality is really amazing

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

Coming from years of using audio cards (PCI & USB) utilizing C-Media chips i can say this is an upgrade. The C-media were always plenty loud to drive high impudence headphones and sound quality was great but i could not tweak the EQ too much because i would get sound clipping, the amps on the chips were simply not able to handle much more headroom. This sound blaster has the head room and the volume. After installing the driver \ software from creative site you get options for bass boost, virtual surround effect, sound enhancement (works well with music and movies alike) and Equalizer. The software also includes a toggle switch between low impudence and high impudence headphones (Large driver headphone usually equal high impedance which requires more power for the sound card to push through). The sound maintains clarity even when tweaking the Equalizer although i found that out of the box i only needed a light boost at the 16k and 60hz (old ears). The mids are perfectly tuned for my taste with plenty of bite, presence and clarity. Your experience may vary depending n the headphones you use.


- Pretty much plug and play - Cheap - Corn Electronics got it here fast - Better than "Crab" audio

* Quality of sound * Lots of sound options * Very good design


Easy install. Good sound quality for what I use. App makes setup easy