Better music and movie sound, made easy

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 very own personal concert. Watch DVDs or downloaded videos in full cinematic surround sound. Plus, you can also experience 3D audio and EAX  effects in your games.

 

Revitalize your downloaded music and movies Restore the detail and vibrancy lost in your music and movies during compression. X-Fi technology intelligently enhances the highs and lows, letting you hear all the crisp cymbal crashes, wailing guitar solos, screeching tires and booming explosions.

Surround sound from your stereo music and movies Expand your stereo music and movies into stellar surround sound. Voices are centered in front of you. Ambient sound appears all around you... just like in a live performance. Take it all in from a pair of desktop speakers or a full 5.1 speaker system.

 

Headphone surround that sounds like multi-channel speakers

Slip on your headphones and let the X-Fi CMSS-3D technology move the sound away from your ears into the space around you. You'll feel like you're sitting with your favorite band or in the best seat in the movie theater. Games sound better too with positional audio that's so accurate you can locate enemies through mere sound.

 

Get realistic sound effects in your games Bullets whizzing past your head. Explosions virtually shaking the room. Take your games to the next level with EAX  ADVANCED HD sound effects.

And if you're using Windows Vista, Creative ALchemy restores surround sound for the same great gaming experience.

 

Cinematic surround sound from DVD movies

Watch your DVDs in cinematic surround sound with PowerDVD software featuring DTS and Dolby Digital  decoding (free download with purchase). You can also send Dolby pass through audio directly to your home theater receiver using the optical output.

 

 

Ease of installation Installation is a breeze with the USB interface. Simply connect to a PC or laptop with a USB cable.

 

Feature Description Playback: USB 2.0: Stereo/ Surround 24-Bit/96kHz 5.1 USB 1.1: Stereo 24-Bit/96kHz 5.1 Surround 16-Bit/48kHz Signal-to-Noise Ratio: >99dB (20kHz Low-pass filter, A-Weighted) Recording: 24-bit/96kHz X-Fi Technology: X-Fi Crystalizer X-Fi CMSS-3D Surround X-Fi CMSS-3D Virtual X-Fi CMSS-3D Headphone Connectivity: 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) 1 Interface: USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 compatible2)

¹ Optical Out supports stereo SPDIF out and pass through of multi-channel DVD sound.
² When using a USB 1.1 connection it may not be possible to play back, record or simultaneously record and play back content at the highest bit rate and/or frequency supported.

• Creative MediaSource
• Entertainment Mode Console
• Microsoft Media Center Edition (MCE) plug-in
• Creative System Information
• Creative Diagnostic
• Creative ALchemy