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Creative Labs 70SB049000000 USB SoundBlaster Live 24-Bit External Sound Card | 
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| Brand: Creative Labs
Category: CE
Buy New: $89.99
New (2) from $89.99
Rating:  105 reviews
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 10 x 4 x 7
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: 70SB049000000
Model: 70SB049000000
UPC: 054651073517
EAN: 0054651073517
ASIN: B00030099O
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Open box unit. Just tested to work properly. Mint condition, Complete With Manual, Cd Drivers And USB Cable
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| Features:
| • | High-resolution stand-alone sound card with abundant inputs and outputs | | • | Simple hookup via USB 1.1 port; no power supply required | | • | The perfect tool to help you put your LPs and cassettes on CD, create MP3s, and organize music | | • | Audio enhancements include bass boost, smart volume management, a multi-band graphic equalizer, and audio clean-up (hiss and click removal) | | • | Encodes and decodes audio at up to 24-bit/96 kHz resolution; offers 5.1-channel output for use with 5.1 speaker systems |
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Amazon.com Product Description
Billed as the easiest way to upgrade from basic built-in PC sound to home-theater audio, Creative's USB SoundBlaster Live! 24-bit external sound card is an affordable stand-alone audio interface for your PC that hooks up to your computer via a single, simple USB 1.1 connection (cable supplied). The card offers analog inputs for a microphone and an audio component (CD player, DVD player, etc.) and outputs including optical and coaxial digital-audio jacks and a trio of minijack analog audio outs that you can use with 5.1-channel surround-sound speaker systems. Your music and games will never be the same. Now you can create MP3s from your CDs easier than ever and digitize your old cassettes and LP records, cleaning up the sound as you do so using Creative's supplied software. (Be aware, however, that LP record playback requires, in addition to a turntable and cartridge, an outboard phono stage or an integrated amplifier equipped with a phono preamplifier; the USB SoundBlaster Live! accepts only line-level analog inputs.) The unit's onboard 24-bit Advanced HD and EAX Advanced HD technologies encode and decode (record and play back) audio at up to 24-bit, 96 kHz resolution, though you must disable realtime audio monitoring at the highest settings due to limitations in the USB 1.1 data-throughput spec. Creative Multi Speaker Surround (CMSS) multispeaker technology lets you "upmix" stereo sources to 5.1-channel surround sound. The software includes a professional-quality panning and mixing algorithm, front and rear balance controls, muting, and panning control for mixer sources. Realistic EAX reverb, panning, and elevation effects bring your music and games to life. The kit also includes advanced time-scaling (which allows variable playback duration without altering the pitch of your original content), an audio clean-up feature (which removes noise and clicks from playback of vinyl disk or cassette recordings), bass boost, smart volume management, and a multi-band graphic equalizer. Use of the sound card is as simple as plugging it into any available USB port: there's no power adapter required. The card has an infrared receiver for use with an optional Creative remote control, which will let you operate your computer from the comfort of your sofa or bed, at a distance of up to 13 feet. What's in the Box
USB SoundBlaster Live! 24-bit external sound card, a USB cable, a quick-start guide, and an Installation CD (containing drivers for Windows XP, SP1, and 2000, SP4; Creative Software Applications Suite; and a user's guide).
Product Description
This ultra-affordable upgrade allows you to start enjoying an audio experience and quality that's not possible with basic on-board audio thanks to 24-Bit ADVANCED HD and EAX ADVANCED HD technologies. Your music will never have sounded better and you'll even be able to convert your old tapes or vinyl to digital audio. Finally your games will come alive while you're also immersed in 5.1 surround sound. All this in a simple USB solution that installs in a snap!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 100 more reviews...
 Great! June 11, 2008
A. Sayedi (Pittsburgh, PA USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's now about six months that I am using it, and I really like it!
Great price for what you get! June 2, 2008
Ross "The Boss"
There has been much griping about the lack of Vista drivers for this product and deservedly so. Keep in mind, this is an older product from Creative Labs, but they have finally provided updated drivers for Vista that lets you take full advantage of what this little box has to offer.
My main use of our laptop is watching online movies through Netflix hooked up to our big screen HDTV, and the included sound card has an analog out jack that also comes with some low-level noise (yuck). I was straining to understand the words. Luckily, this box has not one, but TWO SPDIF out jacks, optical or coaxial which I can hook into our stereo and get some very nice surround sound. No more hum.
Being quite familiar with Creative Labs products, I was happy to see the basic same interface included that comes with my X-Fi Platinum card. It is a little bit more simplified, but most of the software is there and it serves the job quite nicely.
The line-in jack works decently enough, but be warned that you need to pre-amp some things to get any decent kind of sound. But the line-in jack is not the reason I got this box.
It's a great upgrade of sound from the usual notebook cards, especially with the digital outputs. It's especially economical if you have a low-end notebook and get annoyed with the tinny sound they tend to produce.
 Good External Sound Card, But Lacks Working Line-In May 30, 2008
Greg Short (Riverside, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had a very specific use for this card, and it failed miserably.
I am a musician and I wanted to be able to record music from my synth to my laptop. (My laptop, needless to say, doesn't have a line-in, which was the whole point of my purchasing the USB Soundblaster Live!) My synth was plugged into the line-in of the sound card, but guess what? No sound. After much frustration from trying to figure out what I was doing wrong, and installing, uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers found both on the CD and from the support site, a quick search online revealed a common issue with the USB Soundblaster Live!: the line-in requires the use of a pre-amp.
Admittedly, most people will want this card for better sound for their games and music, so this issue probably won't matter to them. But if you have any intention of using the line-in, please save yourself a terrible headache and avoid this card.
Personally, I'm returning mine tomorrow.
Laptop heaven May 15, 2008
F. Barker (Lancaster, CA)
I bought this product to process sound for my laptop (desktop replacement). It does the job admirably. However, I have an old audiophile amp and speakers and wanted to use it as a media ampliphier for the main side channels, but I couldn't find a dolby processor. This little box fills that need too. So I am now working on integrating it into my home media plans. If testing works as well as I anticipate, I will be using another one for the media processor.
noise problem May 5, 2008
J. Yang
It can create 'crackling and popping' noise when used with some nVidia boards. That is a known problem extensively discussed on Creative website, but I didn't know until I bought this..
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