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| Brand | Creative Labs |
| Item Weight | 449 g |
| Product Dimensions | 23.2 x 16 x 5.8 cm |
| Item model number | 70SB109500002 |
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| ASIN | B0042RUEQW |
| Best Sellers Rank | 4,960 in Computers & Accessories (See top 100) |
| Shipping Weight | 458 g |
| Date First Available | 17 Sep 2010 |
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Product Description
Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 Pro turns your PC or notebook into a 5.1 entertainment system featuring THX TruStudio Pro technology with remote control. Easy to install, it replaces low-quality on-board audio with high quality connectivity and remote control. A convenient volume control, headphone and microphone inputs for a headset are close at hand. THX TruStudio Pro is specially designed to bring the same great audio experience found in live performances, films, and recording studios – to the PC. Dolby Digital Live! offers a single cable solution to your decoder for 5.1 audio from any content while PowerDVD (free download) with Dolby and DTS support turns your PC into a home cinema.
Key Features: Easy to install, bus-powered USB2.0 Sound Blaster in a sleek and compact design; High-quality, gold-plated RCA stereo and optical digital out for best audio performance, plus convenient Microphone and Headphone jacks for internet chat;Compact IR Remote with mute and volume allows you to control playback of your music across the room;THX TruStudio Pro delivers the fullest audio experience for music, movies and games, while remaining true to the source and intention of the artists who created it;Dolby Digital Live! connects to your decoder or home theatre system through a single digital cable for compelling 5.1 surround sound from any source;Cyberlink PowerDVD software (free download) with DTS and Dolby Digital-EX decoding delivers an unbeatable DVD movie experience.
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Creative Sound Blaster XFi Surround 51 Pro turns your PC or notebook into a 51 entertainment systemfeaturing THX TruStudio Pro technology with remote control Easy to install it replaces lowqualityonboard audio with high quality connectivity and rem 70SB
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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful
By Amolicious
Amazon Verified Purchase
Just to give you an idea, I am running a 2.80Ghz Dual Core on 4GB DDR3 and Windows 7 Professional 64bit.
This device is really easy to install. It does help if you download the Soundblaster drivers from their website (related to the X-FI Pro of course), else youll get imbecilles morons writing negative reviews on here complaining about the poor sound quality!
Just plug to the an available USB port on your Laptop. Theres no need to disable your previous soundcard settings (unless you really want to), because once X-FI is plugged out of the USB & no longer to use, you can easily revert back to your built-in soundcard settings.
The XFI Pro is miles better than my legacy soundcard/chip inside my laptop. Great for audio editing (e.g. on Wavelab, or Adobe Audition), and playback. Im so pleased to have the "What U Hear" functionality back again! Sound quality is exceptional. Creative Labs has never let me down (expept once in 1999, when their Soundblaster Live wasnt not fully compatible with my Cyrix Processor, but that was a tiny little blip)! Highly recommended for those using laptops. If youre on a desktop, I advise to buy a PCI-E sound card & not this.
The box is prone to electrical noise, but the simple reason is because a jack is incorrectly plugged in, so give it a firm push and the noise will disappear.
This device is really easy to install. It does help if you download the Soundblaster drivers from their website (related to the X-FI Pro of course), else youll get imbecilles morons writing negative reviews on here complaining about the poor sound quality!
Just plug to the an available USB port on your Laptop. Theres no need to disable your previous soundcard settings (unless you really want to), because once X-FI is plugged out of the USB & no longer to use, you can easily revert back to your built-in soundcard settings.
The XFI Pro is miles better than my legacy soundcard/chip inside my laptop. Great for audio editing (e.g. on Wavelab, or Adobe Audition), and playback. Im so pleased to have the "What U Hear" functionality back again! Sound quality is exceptional. Creative Labs has never let me down (expept once in 1999, when their Soundblaster Live wasnt not fully compatible with my Cyrix Processor, but that was a tiny little blip)! Highly recommended for those using laptops. If youre on a desktop, I advise to buy a PCI-E sound card & not this.
The box is prone to electrical noise, but the simple reason is because a jack is incorrectly plugged in, so give it a firm push and the noise will disappear.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Mario
Amazon Verified Purchase
Really pleased with this bit of kit.
I love my music and having to give up my gorgeous desktop with a great sound card for a laptop for university meant crap on board sound!
However now I can get the most out of my studio monitors and sub-woofer now with this clever product. You really don't know what you're missing until you go back to using a sound card.
Now all the frequencies are split to where they need to be, so I don't have a dirty bass coming from my sub-woofer (as I was using a simple 3way splitter and all the frequency range from the headphone output was being sent there). It's now clean and punchy....perfect for my drum & bass and heavy metal, JOY!
I use Studiospares SN10's with an Alesis amp and a Yamaha subwoofer, and then whatever speakers I have lying about for rears (Mission M71's at the moment)
Being a student it's a bit of a bodge, but made a lot better with the creative labs sound card
If you have a laptop or are not brave enough to fiddle with the insides of your PC this is an inexpensive way of upgrading your sound.
Well worth £55
I love my music and having to give up my gorgeous desktop with a great sound card for a laptop for university meant crap on board sound!
However now I can get the most out of my studio monitors and sub-woofer now with this clever product. You really don't know what you're missing until you go back to using a sound card.
Now all the frequencies are split to where they need to be, so I don't have a dirty bass coming from my sub-woofer (as I was using a simple 3way splitter and all the frequency range from the headphone output was being sent there). It's now clean and punchy....perfect for my drum & bass and heavy metal, JOY!
I use Studiospares SN10's with an Alesis amp and a Yamaha subwoofer, and then whatever speakers I have lying about for rears (Mission M71's at the moment)
Being a student it's a bit of a bodge, but made a lot better with the creative labs sound card
If you have a laptop or are not brave enough to fiddle with the insides of your PC this is an inexpensive way of upgrading your sound.
Well worth £55
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
Every internal sound card I have ever used in the last 20 years has suffered from crosstalk so mouse movements and changes to the display create buzzing and other irritating noises-off. These are especially noticeable when using headphones. This USB external sound card completely cures these problems. At full volume there is unavoidable hum and hiss but absolutely nothing from the PC internal electronics. At sensible volume settings the hum and hiss are negligible and the sound quality is excellent. The graphic equaliser is useful, as is the remote control. I had unusual set-up problems. I had installed virtual-audio-cables to connect between applications like Audacity and sound card signal generators. All the audio I/O defaulted to the virtual cables and it took a while to figure out how to undo this problem. Most buyers will not hit this type of problem. The free PowerDVD player upgrade was a useful bonus. A happy customer.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very good!
I am going to use this for my speakers but they have not came yet but this piece of kit is fantastic and very compact and delivers great quality through my headphones and making... Read more
Published 1 month ago by dan
5.0 out of 5 stars
Top Sound Card!
Amazing sound card!!!
My sound card as stopped working on my PC so i needed a new sound card. Then going out buying a new sound card and opening the PC up i have gone for this... Read more
My sound card as stopped working on my PC so i needed a new sound card. Then going out buying a new sound card and opening the PC up i have gone for this... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Robert Waller
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not as good as I hoped for
Having compatability issues with Windows 7 and new laptop. Also with Sonar sequencing program.
Vendor unable to help. Creative web site not much use either.
Vendor unable to help. Creative web site not much use either.
Published 2 months ago by Mr F G Titterton
4.0 out of 5 stars
Decent 5.1 Surround option for Laptop Users...
Bought this to add 5.1 surround to my laptop - an old HP DV73100 series - which has gone from Windows XP Home to XP Professional to Windows 7 Ultimate and now Windows 8. Read more
Published 2 months ago by M. Rockport
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excelent product for this moneys.
YES..I would advise anyone to buy this because sound is nice and powerfull without no distorsions at 90% volume on my Microlab.
Thanks Amazon too!
Thanks Amazon too!
Published 2 months ago by Vasiliev Florin
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great sound
I use this item with a 7.1 Speaker system on my laptop and the sound quality is brilliant, also very easy to install, I run Windows 8 Pro 64-Bit and it installed with no problems... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Seanie
5.0 out of 5 stars
Superb
For just £50 this external sound unit with remote/ program disc/and cables has got to be fantastic value for money. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Dektorr
1.0 out of 5 stars
crap
load of crap dont buy , BSOD all over the place , couldnt run ableton live and reaktor without Blue screens
Published 3 months ago by stuntcock
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hassle free installation on my desktop.
Connected via USB to my desktop without any hassle. With onboard audio I was expecting problems with dissabling but the Blaster self installation took care of it all. Read more
Published 4 months ago by P. D. Green
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent product, easy set up
Out of the box and installed in less than 5 minutes. Excellent little piece of kit. Powerful yet takes up little space.
Published 4 months ago by Michael
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