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Boost your Laptop's audio performance with a USB sound card from one of the premier names in computer audio: Creative Labs. The Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 USB sound card is designed to enhance your laptop's music, movie, and gaming experience at an affordable price. An easy upgrade for your laptop's integrated sound, the card's audio processor with Creative's CMSS-3D technology remixes your stereo audio into surround sound—even through stereo headphones.
EAX Advanced HD enhances game audio tracks, providing a more immersive experience. The Creative Xtreme Fidelity audio technology restores the detail and clarity to your music and movies lost during compression, making all your music and movies sound better! Simply pop this card into a vacant USB port in your laptop and you'll have speaker and headphone connections for stereo to 5.1-channel surround sound.
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Plug and play.... No problems. Sounds great! Good price.
Cons: None!
Other Thoughts: I'm a professional DJ and bought two of these for my rig. I bought one, tried it out.... and bought a second one.
I'm using them with VirtalDJ and they work perfectly. I can play one tune and cue the next with the headphones. As for the sound they kick "you know what". If you want quality sound go for them without hesitation.
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*NO LAG* Works fine
Reviewed By: DcGoD on 10/3/2008
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
Pros: I really do not understand why so many people complain about this product. Perhaps the older drivers were causing problems with people machines? I just bought this sound card for my Dell E1705 laptop(1.86gz) to replace the onboard sigmatel and so I could have SPDIF optical/digital out and I have to admit this thing performs WAY better than people on here are saying. I see no lag when playing blue-ray disc or games. I do not get a delay when watching movies as many people have complained about. I have this hooked to my Logitech Z-5500's digital 5.1 speakers and it sounds AWESOME!. It blows away the Sigmatel onboard by FAR(and gives SPDIF output). BUY IT! For 60$ you can not go wrong. I see about a 10% cpu usage increase with this card so I can't figure out why so many people claim this uses all the USB 2.0 bandwidth, perhaps they don't have the creative driver set to USB HIGH(USB 2.0) speed instead of the Full speed(1.1 USB). 5.1 works perfect and I havent had a proble yet...
Cons: I do wish the x-fi processing was done in the chip but with only a 10% cpu usage increase on my Centrino Duo(not core 2 duo) and a 60$ price tag I see no reason why any laptop user should NOT buy this card. It works perfect.
Other Thoughts: Buy this card if you want SPDIF or 5.1 on your laptop. It barely uses any cpu and it sounds terrific. I do believe most people that write reviews only write them because they are having problems so I felt the need to praise this product as I have not had any of the problems other people have complained. Download the most recent drivers from Creative and make sure the USB speed is set to HIGH speed(Not full speed).
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Great for music listeners or gamers, no good for anything more demanding
Reviewed By: Coda on 1/21/2010
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: It's a nice looking external card, the sound quality is good, it is true 5.1 audio surround (with the provided drivers), external (no interference), usb powered.
Cons: The drivers are annoying, when I turn the dial on the device this huge notification shows up on my screen telling me what my new volume percentage is. This notification will minimize games if you turn the dial which turns out to be not very convenient when you're about to shoot at the enemy. When you turn up the "bass effect" the sound quality gets very muttled, and sounds bad. The device is unfortunately underpowered. Meaning that sometimes, during loud sounds or songs, it compensates by quieting everything. Makes some stuff sound weird. No good for fruity loops! Don't buy this if you plan to use fruity loops, adobe audition, or anything audio intensive. The card will begin to clip. USB 2.0 simply doesn't have enough bandwidth to support such functions. There is a delay in this card, but it's not even noticeable unless you pay very close attention. The delay is tiny, and barely even worth mentioning.
Other Thoughts: If you're a general user looking for good sound quality at a decent price, and aren't afraid of a little annoying driver then this is for you. If I didn't use fruity loops, I would for sure keep this device. It functions well, sounds good, and looks good. But unfortunately, it just doesn't have the power that a non-average user like me demands out of his system.
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This product line has problems
Reviewed By: ryanc on 1/19/2010
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: USB interface, optical out, volume control knob
Cons: Cracking, popping, fading in and out.
Other Thoughts: I bought this card to replace another card I was dissatisfied with, decided to go brand name this time. Seconds after installing, I hear popping and crackling in my music. Same with movies. Watching youtube is hit or miss, sometimes its super quiet and washed out or it cuts in and out, fades in and out, sometimes it all works fine. I've plugged the same SPDIF cable into my PS3 and everything sounds great. I'm using Win7Ultx64 on a Dell Insp546, pretty generic. I've tried 3 official drivers and 1 beta driver, posted on their forums and nothing has helped. Worst of all, these problems are so well documented across the line, that the Wiki page has its own section dedicated to it; the fixes are crazy too (overclock pci bus, replace capacitors, deactivate plug n play, are you kidding me?!). This thing is junk, too bad too because the sound is great when it actually works. I couldn't wait for any more patches or worthless fixes. I want my money back. AVOID.
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Does it job right.
Reviewed By: nOrma on 1/19/2010
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Easy installation, great sound quality and durable design.
Cons: None
Other Thoughts: If you want an external sound card that simply kicks a_ss for a good price... This is for you.
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Model
Brand
Creative
Series
Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1
Model
SB1090
Audio core
Audio Chipset
X-Fi
Channels
5.1
Sample Rate
96KHz
Digital Audio
24-bit
SNR
>100dB
Ports
Line In
Yes
Line Out
Yes
SPDIF Out
TOSLINK
MIC In
Yes
Spec
Interface
USB
System Requirements
Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP (Professional x64 Edition, Service Pack 2 or Media Center Edition) Intel Pentium 4 1.6 GHz, AMD Athlon XP 2000+ or equivalent processor Available USB port (USB 2.0 Recommended) 256MB RAM (512MB RAM for Windows Vista) 600MB of free hard disk space CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive Headphones or amplified speakers (available separately) Internet connection to download PowerDVD software
Features
Features
Xtreme Fidelity audio playback Headphone surround that sounds like multichann speakers Surround sound from stereo music and movies Realistic sound effects in games Cinematic surround sound from DVD movies
Windows Vista
Windows Vista
Certified for Windows Vista
Manufacturer Warranty
Parts
1 year limited
Labor
1 year limited
Introduction
Boost your Laptop's audio performance with a USB sound card from one of the premier names in computer audio: Creative Labs. The Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 USB sound card is designed to enhance your laptop's music, movie, and gaming experience at an affordable price. An easy upgrade for your laptop's integrated sound, the card's audio processor with Creative's CMSS-3D technology remixes your stereo audio into surround sound—even through stereo headphones.
EAX Advanced HD enhances game audio tracks, providing a more immersive experience. The Creative Xtreme Fidelity audio technology restores the detail and clarity to your music and movies lost during compression, making all your music and movies sound better! Simply pop this card into a vacant USB port in your laptop and you'll have speaker and headphone connections for stereo to 5.1-channel surround sound.
Highlights
X-Fi CMSS-3D Intelligent Surround Sound Remixing X-Fi CMSS-3D intelligently upgrades your MP3 music, movies and games to surround sound using your multi-channel speakers.
EAX ADVANCED HD EAX ADVANCED HD supports multiple simultaneous audio environments for exceptionally realistic 3D sound in FPS (first person shooters), MMORPG (massively multiplayer online RPGs) and many more exciting games!
Revitalize Your Downloaded Music and Movies Xtreme Fidelity audio technology restores the detail and clarity to your music and movies lost during compression, making all your music and movies sound better!
Creative ALchemy Creative ALchemy restores the audio for legacy gaming titles running on Windows Vista to their former glory - in full surround sound with hardware accelerated audio mixing, sampling rate conversion and EAX effects.
Reviewed By: oncuedj.com on 6/30/2008
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
