IBM Creative SoundBlaster Live!

Pros: awesome sound! great depth! MUST HAVE!
Cons: none

What have I been missing?!?!?!?

That's what I just got done asking myself after replacing my SoundBlaster PCI-512 with the SoundBlaster Live! card. As a game player, I love to have the sounds cranked way up, and thought I had nice sound with...

Pros: Great sound, solid 3D API, great performance
Cons: Updates for the card are a little slow in coming (ie. EAX 3.0)

I got the SoundBlaster Live! when I first built my new computer two years ago, Christmas. Throughout that time, much has changed but one thing has stayed constant: The SoundBlaster Live! is the best consumer sound card on the market. Creative Labs has...

Pros: Stunning sound, 4 speaker output
Cons: Earthquake?

Well worth the price. The stunning audio quality is unequaled. There is no better sound card than the Sound Blaster Live!. The 4 speaker output is awesome. With a 4 speaker system, your whole room is filled with clear and very high quality sound. Perfect...

Pros: Incredibly low price, super sound
Cons: no expansion for digital i/o, live drive, etc. from creative

I have to say that I was looking forward to this piece of hardware for a while now. It has been about 5 years since my last sound card purchase (a Soundblaster AWE32) and I was very curious to see where the audio industry has gone while the video...

Pros: Great card for music
Cons: Position audio is not as good as A3D's

The sound blaster Live card is without a shadow of a doubt the best music card available today, surpassed only by the platinum version, if you are into listning to music or making it then this is certainly the card for you.

The features are...

Pros: Great sound, good application support, expandable.
Cons: Double IRQ device with issues (and solution!)

I bought my SoundBlaster Live when it first came out a while ago now, and haven't regretted it since! Previously, I was using a SoundBlaster 16 ISA card and when the next generation SB Live was released, I jumped at the chance to get one to switch to all...

Pros: Nice bundle of Joy
Cons: Not avaliable everywhere

This was a Promotional Deal. It is like the Creative Live Platinum, but it has a little different layout. It Comes with speakers, sound card, and Live ware, Plus MP3 Capability, and it has a lot of Pre Programmed sounds that are just for Certain Games!...

Pros: Great sound, Great MIDI sound
Cons: Not compatible in some systems

I bought this card ohh..... about 3 months ago, and I know it is a great card, BUT when I first put it in, I installed it, and it didnt work, I mean it worked, but it kept repeating the very first part of every sound, I dont know, I have an AMD K6-2, and...

Pros: none that I can see
Cons: must have expensive speakers - I guess!

I purchased an Ensoniq Audio PCI sound card yesterday after having problems with my sound card when I installed Windows 98 on my computer. Win 98 had problems finding my sound card, and I figured that okay, must be time for a new one.
I started...

Pros: Great Card
Cons: Horrible Windows 2000 support, slow deployment of driver updates, buggy code...

After using the Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! value for quite a while on Windows 98, I found myself very satisfied with the card. However, upon upgrading to windows 2000, I found that my once powerful card, was reduced to the functionality of...

Pros: good brand name, software package, hi-fi
Cons: Price ($99 American),

While building my computer, I nitpicked over each and every piece of hardware I wanted to buy. Except, of course, for the sound card. I immediately went to the Creative Labs Sound Blaster! Live line of sound cards. the only hard part was choosing...

Pros: Easy installation, incredible sound quality
Cons: none

I am an audio person. I enjoy listening to high-quality audio. I also like to play computer games. When you put the two together, you get the need for a very good sounding, hard working, and feature filled sound card. So when my old sound card died, I...

Pros: Great sound, good software package
Cons: Not enough I/O's for serious music recording

I bought my Soundblaster Live! soundcard as part of an endeavor to turn my PC into a multitrack audio recorder, and have it as the centerpiece of my home recording studio. At the time I bought it, I knew nothing about what high quality soundcards were...

Pros: Beautiful sound, beautiful sound, boom.boom.boom.
Cons: Only that some people refuse to buy one.

I work in computers. I work with computer people. Like football players bragging on how fast they run the 40-yard dash, we geeks brag on what we've got in our box.

I've got an SB Live!

Others drool.

Rightfully so.
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Pros: The Best Sound Cards on the Market
Cons: A lot more than most people ever use

Is it worth the extra funds for a Platinum over the basic Live model? Probably not unless you do a lot of sound editing.
Sound Blaster Live Value is the basic card. . .well basic for top end of the line. There are two steps above that. . .with...