Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE

I had this budget sound card put in my older PC running XP because I had purchased 5.1 surround sound speakers which my older card could not provide. The card is positioned into an available PCI slot in your computer, and after disabling any older sound card from your bios to prevent any conflicts, the PC is rebooted and then you have to install the software and drivers that come provided in order for you to get the best out of the card. The transformation was unbelievable! When I attached my 5.1 speakers into the back of the Audigy SE sound card, the difference was unreal. When I played songs in WMP or Winamp the quality and tones were on a par with my ...  Read the complete review

First up, this sound card falls in the budget category of soundcards. Nevertheless, don't be put off with this. It might not be the best card in the world but if your looking for cheap and the best for your money then this is most definitely it! This PC component is one of several parts for upgrading my old desktop (see my other reviews) which has on board sound. Installation is quite easy, which pretty much needs you to hook it up onto a free PCI slot on the computer's motherboard. The instructions and CD (inc. drivers and software) are of great help and the whole process should take you around 5 minutes. Those who may not be familiar with ...  Read the complete review

Thats an excellent sound card with a clearest possible tones. It has following interfaces: 1 x audio - SPDIF input/line-in/microphone - mini-phone 3.5mm, 1 x audio - line-In - 4 PIN MPC, 1 x audio - line-out/headphones - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm, 1 x audio - line-out (rear/right surround) - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm, 1 x audio - line-out (centre/subwoofer/left surround) - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm Some technical properties: - interface Type: PCI - Signal Processor: Creative Audigy SE - Sound Output Mode: 7.1 channel surround - DAC Data Width: 24-bit - Sample Rate: 8 kHz (min) - 96 kHz (max) - Signal-To-Noise Ratio: 100 ...  Read the complete review