Creative Labs SB0570 PCI Sound Blaster Audigy SE Sound Card
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Customer Review: Best bang for the buck
Summary: 5 Stars
Received from Amazon right on time and in perfect condition. Installed it and loaded the drivers without a hitch. I am a musician and use Jammer 6 Pro for creating backgrounds for my songs. The ability to load and modify Soundfonts is perfect for this job. Card has excellent output quality, and combined with the included equalizer and effects software I can create almost anything I can imagine. Have other system with a high-priced M-audio card and the Audigy can hold its own against it. Very good card for the price, and I would recommend it for anyone who wants high quality audio without breaking the bank.Customer Review: Decent output to the speakers, poor output to headphones
Summary: 1 Stars
I was really looking forward to this card, but I should've checked the "Sound Blaster Audigy" page on Wikipedia.
"The Audigy SE is a stripped down version of the Audigy, with software-based EAX 3.0 (upgraded to software-based EAX 4.0 with a driver update), no advanced resolution DVD-Audio Playback...It lacks the EMU10k1/10k2 processor, instead using a CA-0106 Family chip. As opposed to the rest of the Audigy series, the SE is a low-profile PCI card."
The output to the speakers is better than my onboard sound, but I tried using my headphones and it's distinctly unimpressive.
Customer Review: A Terrible Product...
Summary: 1 Stars
This was my first experience with the Audigy line and working with it made me glad I stuck with Soundblaster until X-Fi arrived! In my experience, installing this product in a friend's computer caused nothing but headaches. The largest of which was complete dial-up connection and sound failure when used at the same time. According to numerous Google searches none of these problems have any remedy, it doesn't even seem entirely clear what causes it. For my money, I would seek out a Soundblaster if I were on a budget or upgrade to X-Fi because the risk of failure with this product is too great.Customer Review: Good Cheap upgrade from Integrated audio
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought a new Vista 64-bit computer and just didn't feel I needed to upgrade from the Integrated HD audio. But, had been having some strange pops and whistles, so when I saw the Audigy SE in a clearance bin I bought it. The sound improvement is certainly noticeable, clear and bright compared to what I had before. It loaded up fine, and the update from creative website all worked great. One of the only "Plug N Play" installs I've had that was trouble free. With the Windows start up wav I could tell the difference, playing a CD was phenomenal. Worth every cent of the $18 I spent for it!Customer Review: Great card for a decent price!
Summary: 5 Stars
I've had this card for about a month now, running it on a Dell Quad-Core Vista 64 machine. At first I didn't think I'd hear any difference in my mp3s between the Dell on-board sound card and the Audigy, boy was I dead wrong! Sound quality is crisp and enhanced and pronounced, very very nice. I don't have a 5.1 speaker set up so I can't evaluate 3D surround in games, but as far as sound quality goes, the Audigy is fantastic, and it's not very expensive. Since I just wanted a decent sound card and not have to pay something like $200, the Audigy was definitely the best buy.