Pros: What's there not to love about this device? This little USB sound card (not really card shaped... more like a device) puts out a premium high quality sound. I have this hooked up with a set of Cerwin-Vega XD3 speakers and a Acoustic Audio Cinema CS-PS65-C 6.5 sub and it sounds wonderful! There is controls for eq and crossover for the speakers and sub as well as controls for recording levels for microphone or line-in. You won't be disappointed. I don't have enough time to list every single thing I love about this device, but I can guarantee that you'll love it! Oh, yeah.... did I mention a 600ohm headphone amp??? SWEET!!

Cons: Just 2 VERY minor things that I don't like about this device. 1) You can't use the eq to shape the sound coming on a line-in signal. 2) In stereo mode, there is no separate control available for sub level and crossover frequency like there is in surround mode. Of course, I just used a 3.5mm Y adapter and I got exactly the sound I wanted anyway, so no worries!

Overall Review: Buy it! you'll love it. This device is also great if you want to get that extra something out of the sound of a favorite laptop..... Like headphones for gaming?? Check out the scout mode.... :-)

Pros: -Plentiful features such as connections, volume knob and mute, support 4 pole headset jack. -Functional software for adjusting sound, can normalize volume which is great for movies.

Cons: Audio crackles or pop every few minutes after Windows 10 Creators Update. Contacted Creative support, they admitted it's a known issue with Microsoft's WHQL updated drivers, and insisted their proprietary but outdated drivers has no issues, but the same issue is present when tested. Deleting all drivers and running on generic usb audio driver by Microsoft and the audio is perfect. Reinstalled Windows 10 without updating to Creators Update, audio is still perfect with drivers installed. Updated to Creator's Update and audio crackles and pop again. Perfect device, bad drivers.

Overall Review: Won't recommend this product since the issue hasn't been fixed for over a year, and a quick google search will show others in the same boat with this and some other Creative sound cards.

Pros: Very crisp sound! No static or interference of any kind. The software for this is easy to use as well. I recommend buying actual surround sound speakers (5.1). That is what this is meant for.

Cons: None so far.

Pros: Works great and is such a big improvement over motherboard sound. I have high end X299 board and this makes a world of difference over that motherboard.

Cons: Driver for this is very buggy and does not work well. When I put in headphones and take them back out the driver gets confused and I have to reset back to default settings to get sound to work.

Overall Review: Would recommend overall and would change rating to 5 eggs if sound blaster makes a better driver for this. Also, the driver looks like something out of the 90's with the interface, and it reminds me of the old interface back when Windows 3.1 was around. Sound blaster needs to set up to plate on this one.

Pros: Bill says theres no drivers for win 8'1 for this unit , well bill ive installed this unit on 3 pc's with win 8.1 and they all work perfectly !! can you say Operator Error !!

Cons: none

Overall Review: Make use anytime you install third party sound card you disable the onboard sound in the bios also uninstall any software related to onboard sound. iam surprised how many don't do this then wonder why they have problems !!

Pros: - Great Sound - Looks Great - Easy to install - Software offers lots of configuration tweeks, footsteps, bass etc. - I can locate this device where I want it to make it easy to plug in my headphones, eliminating the need for the extention wire I used previously.

Cons: - No USB connection ( I have a wireless headset I would love to use with this, but I can't, I default back to my motherboards sound if I use that headset. - It's lighter than I would prefer, It feels well made, I mean it's quallity construction, but I'd personally prefer it was heavy enough that if I tried to walk away while my headphones were plugged in, that they would come unpluged or pull out of my ears. This device is light enough that it just sort of "tries to come along" when I pull that stunt. < I know this is totally subjective, but I hate reviews with no down sides and their aren't many downsides to this device>

Overall Review: 11/10 would buy again.... In fact I'm considering getting my wife one for her gaming rig.

Pros: - Plug and play - Great sound quality - SB Omni Control Panel adds additional tweaks to make any setup sound amazing

Cons: - Some settings do not stick when your computer is rebooted. This gets pretty annoying, pretty quickly. -- So far, setting you speakers/headphones to 5.1 and disabling one or two of the optional speakers (center and rear in my case) will automatically be re-enabled upon reboot. -- As this causes a not-ideal sound quality (since I do not have those speakers plugged in), I have to re-disable those speakers each time my computer is rebooted.

Overall Review: - Sound through speakers and headphones is plug and play with Linux as well, however you may have a tougher time getting the on board mic to function as expected (usually not found with out manual tweaking).

Pros: physical volume control know (mute-on-press) USB microphone built-in works on Mac without drivers

Cons: microphone audio quality not as good as hoped wish it had a TRRS jack

Overall Review: The device is a few years old, but performs reasonably. One sign of its age is lack of a TRRS jack, so to use a modern headset/mic combo, I have to use a splitter cable. I bought this mainly to add microphone capability to my wired headphones. But the USB microphone isn't any better than what's built into my MacBook Pro. Turns out, the physical volume knob is my favorite feature.