Creative Labs SB1090 USB Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1
from: Creative Labs
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Product Description:
Why settle for basic, built-in sound? Your music and movies deserve Xtreme Fidelity. Simply connect the Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 sound card to your PC or notebook and turn your downloaded music into your own personal concert. Watch DVDs or downloaded videos with full cinematic surround sound. Plus experience 3D audio and EAX effects in your games. It's a better blast! USB 2.0 or 1.1 connectivity to PC Ports - Microphone in (1/8 mini jack); Stereo Line in (1/8 mini jack); Headphone out (1/8 mini jack); Left/Right Speaker out (2x RCA jacks); Rear-Left/Rear-Right out (1/8 mini jack); Center/Subwoofer out (1/8 mini jack); Optical out (TOSLINK) Cinematic surround sound from DVD movies - Watch your DVDs in cinematic surround sound with PowerDVD software featuring DTS and Dolby Digital EX decoding (free download with purchase). Plus send Dolby pass-thru audio directly to your home theater receiver using the optical output Includes USB Sound Blaster X-FI Surround 5.1 sound card; USB Cable; Installation CD; Quick Start leaflet; Stereo RCA to 1/8jack adapter
Why settle for basic, built-in sound? Your music and movies deserve Xtreme Fidelity. Simply connect the Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 sound card to your PC or notebook and turn your downloaded music into your own personal concert. Watch DVDs or downloaded videos with full cinematic surround sound. Plus experience 3D audio and EAX effects in your games. It's a better blast! USB 2.0 or 1.1 connectivity to PC Ports - Microphone in (1/8 mini jack); Stereo Line in (1/8 mini jack); Headphone out (1/8 mini jack); Left/Right Speaker out (2x RCA jacks); Rear-Left/Rear-Right out (1/8 mini jack); Center/Subwoofer out (1/8 mini jack); Optical out (TOSLINK) Cinematic surround sound from DVD movies - Watch your DVDs in cinematic surround sound with PowerDVD software featuring DTS and Dolby Digital EX decoding (free download with purchase). Plus send Dolby pass-thru audio directly to your home theater receiver using the optical output Includes USB Sound Blaster X-FI Surround 5.1 sound card; USB Cable; Installation CD; Quick Start leaflet; Stereo RCA to 1/8jack adapter
Features:
- X-Fi Crystalizer technology restores the detail and vibrance to your compressed music and movies.
- Slip on your headphones and X-Fi CMSS-3D technology moves the sound away from your ears and into the space around you.
- Expand your stereo music and movies into surround sound with X-Fi CMSS-3D technology. Voices are centered in front of you.
- Realistic sound effects in games Bullets whiz past your head. Explosions shake the room.
- Cinematic surround sound from DVD movies Watch your DVDs in cinematic surround sound with PowerDVD software featuring DTS and Dolby Digital
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: 
- Nice product.
i should say, it works on vista 64bit and i have not expirienced any kind of PC or Audio delay.
i use this thing to plug a set of 5.1 logitech speakears on my laptop. for movies, music and gaming works fine.
cons: none so far.
Rating: - great sound card
i was impressed with the sound blaster sound card...it does what i needed it to do and a good choice for the money
Rating: 
- Change USB Speed Option to Solve Lags!
Under 'Creative audio control panel,' be certain that 'high speed' (2.0) is checked, and not 'full speed' (1.1). This may or may not solve lag and other commonly cited audio issues. That said,
I do not like this sound card. In fact, it's not really a sound card at all. More truthfully, it is a (large) software suite connected to a big volume knob. As far as I can tell, and from what I have read and seen in task manager), all of the real work is done with your computer. Well, this shouldn't ... Read More
Rating: - Fantastic/Awesome for Music
I read reviews here at Amazon before buying.Finally purchased the product.I own Denon D2000 headphones (also bought from Amazon) and plug them into the Sound Blaster X-Fi which is connected to my PC usb port.I like to listen to Pandora for all kinds of music.Music quality is just stunning.Awesome and way above expectations.I do not use this product for movies so I can't comment on that.Hope this review helps.
Rating: - Simple and very usefull.
This product worked from the start. Just install the CD, restart and plug it in. I have not had any CPU issues with it playing music or gaming (I have not seen how well it decodes movies though). Occasionally the sound will skip if CPU is at 100% on my 2.16 GHZ core 2 duo. Crystalizer is very nice effect for music. Depending on which driver you end up with, its very nice that it links its volume to system's volume, or at least for vista.
The only suggestion/con I have is to install the drivers ... Read More
- Nice product.i should say, it works on vista 64bit and i have not expirienced any kind of PC or Audio delay.
i use this thing to plug a set of 5.1 logitech speakears on my laptop. for movies, music and gaming works fine.
cons: none so far.
- great sound cardi was impressed with the sound blaster sound card...it does what i needed it to do and a good choice for the money
- Change USB Speed Option to Solve Lags!Under 'Creative audio control panel,' be certain that 'high speed' (2.0) is checked, and not 'full speed' (1.1). This may or may not solve lag and other commonly cited audio issues. That said,
I do not like this sound card. In fact, it's not really a sound card at all. More truthfully, it is a (large) software suite connected to a big volume knob. As far as I can tell, and from what I have read and seen in task manager), all of the real work is done with your computer. Well, this shouldn't ... Read More
- Fantastic/Awesome for MusicI read reviews here at Amazon before buying.Finally purchased the product.I own Denon D2000 headphones (also bought from Amazon) and plug them into the Sound Blaster X-Fi which is connected to my PC usb port.I like to listen to Pandora for all kinds of music.Music quality is just stunning.Awesome and way above expectations.I do not use this product for movies so I can't comment on that.Hope this review helps.
- Simple and very usefull.This product worked from the start. Just install the CD, restart and plug it in. I have not had any CPU issues with it playing music or gaming (I have not seen how well it decodes movies though). Occasionally the sound will skip if CPU is at 100% on my 2.16 GHZ core 2 duo. Crystalizer is very nice effect for music. Depending on which driver you end up with, its very nice that it links its volume to system's volume, or at least for vista.
The only suggestion/con I have is to install the drivers ... Read More
