
This card was very easy to install and get running and made a huge improvement in the sound and versatility of my computer as a music player and is worth the money .

-Quality of the sound is flawless -Easy to install and the software is pretty nice too -RGB (no you do not have to plug the molex to get it on the card, but it comes with a led stripes that I did not need)

Sound Quality Build Quality Portable

Works well ( and I am using Linux Mint and Cachy

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

Pretty easy to install the sound is much better,

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.

Low latency hi-res hardware based sound processing/recording. Supports true ASIO 2.0 WITH live monitoring. Solid realtime live effects processing and "soundfont" compatible midi synth are in hardware. Heavy tasks are not remotely troubling my CPU. My Xonar cant do this. The drivers are solid and the card's full functionality is recognized by all of the recording/DAW software I have tried.

- It's super cheap - Install is plug-n-play on Windows 10. No driver installation! - Works great, sounds good and hassle-free

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

So being a custom gaming desktop user for years, when I decided to purchase my first gaming laptop (Alienware M17) I just didn't like the built-in sound chip though it is a good one, I've just never been a fan of onboard sound chips. Since I have always used Creative sound cards in my custom gaming desktops I decided to give this external DAC a try. Man, was this ever the right choice! This external sound card is simply perfect. Sounds great no matter if you're playing a game, listening to music, or watching a video. This is about the size of a small external drive. Fits in your pocket, laptop bag, backpack with ease. Worked flawlessly soon as I connected it to the laptop. The only thing I had to do after connecting this up was download the Connect 2 software, set up the sound profiles I wanted for music, gaming, etc and I was off and running. Love this thing it was the smartest purchase for achieving great sound on my laptop. It's loud with my desktop speakers (Klipsch) and very clean and clear when playing music. The scout mode for gaming is great which I use all the time when playing FPS games. My sound profiles are correctly set after each cold boot so haven't experienced any issues in that department like others have reported and it fires up properly each time I have cold started my laptop. I have even changed the USB port I have this plugged into with no issues of it connecting or having the right sound profile selected.

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.

I have bought two of these. One purchased 7 months ago and one bought for my Mom as a gift with her Christmas bundle from Newegg.com & DELL Direct Computers.


Sound Blaster does a very good job for the price


There's something about instaling an original

Needed a sound card for Windows 2012 srv for Terminal Server purposes. Works perfectly, detected right away.

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

haven't used it it yet but they shipped it very fast i hope to soon when i build a rig for just music