Epinions Recent Reviews for Creative Sound Blaster Live! Platinum

Creative Sound Blaster Live! Platinum: Suffer the inconvenience of sound card plug-ins no more - with SB Live! Platinum!

Sat, 6 Oct 2001 03:16:28 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mocabela - Now, I will most certainly admit that I know little about sound systems, and I'm still pretty baffled by the extent of how far they've come in the way of personal computers. I remember when, in the not too distant past, I was mystified by desktop...

Creative Sound Blaster Live! Platinum: Go Pro, or not to go pro, that is the question

Wed, 15 Aug 2001 07:05:00 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mcmiral - The Sound Blaster Live Platinum 5.1, a card not designed for the casual gamer, or the one that listens only to MP3s wishing they could actually record, master, and then play back themselves. Sure there is another card in the line for that......the...

Creative Sound Blaster Live! Platinum: Live 5.1 Platinum is Golden

Sun, 22 Jul 2001 08:57:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author badhmash - Being that I have always been an owner of the Sound Blaster series of cards, I decided that I would add their latest and greatest model to the new computer I have been building for myself. I decided to purchase the Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 Platinum with...

Creative Sound Blaster Live! Platinum: Is it ALIVE?

Fri, 29 Jun 2001 17:59:41 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author WildBillm - I bought this Sound Blaster Platinum 5.1 card on 4/30/01 for $168.95. This sound card is literally the Ferrari of sound cards. The Sound Blaster Live Platinum 5.1 is a high performance engine that needs to be fine-tuned just like a Ferrari. If you...

Creative Sound Blaster Live! Platinum: A great card with some minimal flaws

Wed, 6 Jun 2001 00:40:19 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author matwood - Background

Due to the PC’99 spec, when I replaced all my motherboards, I no longer had any ISA slots, so I had to part with my AWE gold soundcards :( . My first attempt was with a soundblaster 128, but due to compatibility issues with DOS games, it...

Creative Sound Blaster Live! Platinum: Sound Blaster Dead!

Tue, 5 Jun 2001 10:40:46 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author egale - Ever since I have owned a computer, I have always had Creative Soundblaster cards. I recently built myself a new system and decided to go all out on the sound card and bought the Soundblaster Live! Platinum. What a mistake.

First, this card...

Creative Sound Blaster Live! Platinum: Nice sound, may be troublesome on VIA based motherboards

Fri, 25 May 2001 13:42:38 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author suemccartin - The good:

The Live works in a PCI slot and provides backwards compatibility for older games that run in dos mode (even though I don't know too many people that own any games anymore than run in dos. Maybe the kids would find this an attractive...

Creative Sound Blaster Live! Platinum: Fine for Home use, Horrible for studio

Fri, 4 May 2001 13:16:41 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author mercenary - The intent of this product is to offer "studio" or "Professional" sound to a home setting. In this aspect, the card truely shines. However, the addition of SPDIF ports, MIDI interfaces, two analog inputs and the 16-bit 48kHz sound, implies that...

Creative Sound Blaster Live! Platinum: Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 True Surround sound, professional features, awesome card!

Sun, 22 Apr 2001 14:03:38 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author flindingo - Since Epinions hasn't made room for the 5.1 card, I'll sneak it in here. Being a film and video editor, I'm always looking for the next cool thing. I've always loved mixing my audio into Surround Sound when time and money permitted. The long process...

Creative Sound Blaster Live! Platinum: create any effect you want! cool!

Thu, 19 Apr 2001 23:45:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bw_me99 - Definently worth the price!

For what this gadget does, and the amount and quallity of the software it comes with, this baby is worth every penny!

Why I bought this:

I bought the Sound Blaster Live! with Live Drive...

Creative Sound Blaster Live! Platinum: Is it live or is it "LIVE!"?

Sat, 31 Mar 2001 22:23:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author clbrunson - _I hate to be completely one sided on my opinions, but it will be hard to be anything less in this opinion. I am a serious gamer but have always used the "on board" sound for my games hooked to a decent speaker system. When I did decide to upgrade my...

Creative Sound Blaster Live! Platinum: The best money can buy!

Sun, 25 Mar 2001 16:00:37 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author qwex - The SB Live! Platinum is an amazing sound card package. The sound card itself is worth a lot. The EMU10K1 chipset and EAX extensions make this a very powerful sound card. With every game I've played with my Sound Blaster card, sound quality has been...

Creative Sound Blaster Live! Platinum: It's Live!

Sun, 11 Mar 2001 20:51:42 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author surferdude7 - This is the ultimate in great sound for the home PC computer. Not only do you get a great sound, you also get a lot of software to keep you busy for a long time.

This card can be set up for two speakers, four speakers and with the optional...

Creative Sound Blaster Live! Platinum: Great sound, great card

Sat, 3 Mar 2001 22:32:38 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author elbimster - The SoundBlaster Live! Platinum is an excellent sound card for most any computer user. The sound quality of the card is superb. I had a little bit of trouble setting it up and getting it to work at first. Tech support stayed on the line with me for...

Creative Sound Blaster Live! Platinum: Come get some! More then enough

Sat, 24 Feb 2001 02:10:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sniperd - Want to be the at the top of the game, get this card. There are 2 versions of this card, 5.1 and normal. I have the 5.1. I don't know if it is really worth it for most users, but I have a BOSE lifestyle home theater which is 5.1, so I like it...

Creative Sound Blaster Live! Platinum: I LOVE THIS CARD

Sun, 18 Feb 2001 02:06:32 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Spoon - Oh man, where do I start? This sound card is the best on the market, and will be for a long time. I bought this card to take advantage of my four point surround speakers, and to get the best quality while doing so. It does that and so much more.
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Creative Sound Blaster Live! Platinum: Great Sound and features! An excellent package!

Sun, 7 Jan 2001 22:38:05 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author civic2000 - I was shopping around for a good soundcard. It was either between the SoundBlaster Live series or Aureal. Since Creative Labs has much better driver support and has a wider range of products in the market, I decided to go with the SoundBlaster Live...

Creative Sound Blaster Live! Platinum: Porr Tech. Support

Wed, 3 Jan 2001 15:23:52 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author creiss - I purchased the SB Live to give me better sound quality for DVD playback. The Live Drive feature (front panel cable connections and remote control sensor) looked neat and easy to use. The Live drive arrived Dead On Arrival. The internal sb card digital...

Creative Sound Blaster Live! Platinum: Hands down, the best!

Mon, 1 Jan 2001 18:25:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author richaull - I purchased this card to replace my soundblaster value. I really wantede this card to compliment my new set of klipsch pro medias. The value of this card is just great. You get so much software that I think that will pay itself off. Mine came with 4 full...

Creative Sound Blaster Live! Platinum: Save your money, get the 5.1 model

Thu, 21 Dec 2000 06:22:08 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author joyrex5 - I will review this product as I would rate the Platinum 5.1 model. I will start with saying Creative has created a monopoly for themselves in the consumer sound card market. This is not necessarily a BAD thing, as I believe if a company makes a good...

Creative Sound Blaster Live! Platinum: MultimediaMan gives it five stars!

Wed, 20 Dec 2000 00:00:33 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MultimediaMan - Common sense says that a computer should be equipped with a soundcard. I searched multiple cards and finally got to this soundcard. This soundcard has excellent sound output, and it comes with a Live! Drive and a microphone that works great for voice...

Creative Sound Blaster Live! Platinum: I found this excellent card for $90.

Sun, 17 Dec 2000 12:56:27 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author krklnmn - Yes, I bought a brand new, retail version of the Sound Blaster Live Platinum 5.1 for ninety dollars. I enjoy finding the best possible price on products, but I don't stop there. After I find the best possible price, I take the add to a different local...

Creative Sound Blaster Live! Platinum: Sound Blaster Live! XGamer unleashed

Tue, 14 Nov 2000 17:10:05 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author amrya - Choosing between the original Sound Blaster Live! And the very difficult as Sound Blaster Live! Value Edition has nearly same performance for gamers. The main reason seems to be the lack of a digital audio output on the Value Edition. Now, while Pt. 5.1...

Creative Sound Blaster Live! Platinum: Incredible sound, Incredible value

Mon, 9 Oct 2000 09:52:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jagundo - I had been in the market for a sound card for about 2 months. Review after review. I must have read over 20 articles on different manufactures. I was about to give up. But then, I heard about the Sound Blaster Live. I remember all the talk about...

Creative Sound Blaster Live! Platinum: Platinum just sounds better.

Sun, 1 Oct 2000 02:00:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dokool - There are a lot of precious metals in society today. The Olympics are finishing up, you've got gold, silver, and bronze there. People make lots of money selling precious metals on the stock market. But, some precious metals are better than others...