Creative Sound Blaster - X-Fi Surround 5.1 USB Sound Card

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.

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.

Specifications

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)

System Requirements

Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP (Professional x64 Edition, Service Pack 2 or Media Center Edition)
Intel Pentium 4 1.6 GHz, AMD Athlon XP 2000+ processor or equivalent
Available USB port
512MB RAM
600MB of free hard disk space
CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
Headphones or amplified speakers (available separately)
Internet connection to download PowerDVD software