Epinions Recent Reviews for Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! Value Sound Card

Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! Value Sound Card: I expected more from Creative

Mon, 29 Jul 2002 15:15:38 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author apfox - Well, I have to say that I do not like my sound card. When I got it a couple of years ago, I researched thoroughly and saw that Creative was about the only company left making high-quality cards. They sell the majority of sound cards today. Only Hercules...

Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! Value Sound Card: (Updated 8 Dec 2002) Sound Blaster Dead!

Tue, 6 Nov 2001 15:09:42 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author psychotropic - Purchase

If I could sum up my experiences with the SoundBlaster Live! with a song, I would have to go with "Don't Believe the Hype."

While I'm happy to see other reviewers in this forum had successful installations with their...

Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! Value Sound Card: Creative Lab’s Excellent Baseline Sound Card is an Exceptional Value!

Sun, 28 Oct 2001 22:32:38 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author grimjack2 - Don’t be fooled by the picture above where it says “Geared for Gaming”. This may have been true two years ago, but now there is a much better card called the Sound Blaster X-gamer that is much better for Gamers. I recently replaced my Sound Blaster...

Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! Value Sound Card: SB Live! value a real bargain!

Mon, 16 Jul 2001 15:19:49 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author niceguy19 - Well what can I say, I was getting tired of my Sound Blaster PCI128. I mean it was able to play sounds but offered next to no 3D sound support for my new DX 7&8 games.

So I went to the local computer store (RA computers in Ottawa). I looked at the...

Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! Value Sound Card: for mainstream music and gaming, there's no reason not to buy this card

Mon, 9 Jul 2001 17:19:39 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Bornio - I got my SB Live! Value after I bought a new set of surround sound speakers for my computer (P3 450, 128RAM) and didn't have enough output plugs. Why did I get the Live! Value? It's cheap, it has 5 plugs, 2 of which are for output signals (one for main...

Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! Value Sound Card: Ever wondered about surround sound?

Sun, 17 Jun 2001 10:47:04 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author hopnivla - I must commend Creative Labs for another great product. The Creative Sound Blaster Live! Value is simply the best there is in the market. At a price of around $50, you get to enjoy quality sound that will satisfy that audiophile in all of us =D
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Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! Value Sound Card: this is it!

Thu, 10 May 2001 18:02:34 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author crash28 - Do you need great sound at a great price? Have I got a kit for you? Yes, a kit that includes everything you need to upgrade that aging sound system installed in you computer.

This kit includes everything you need, sound blaster live sound...

Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! Value Sound Card: Sound blaster live (value) makes music sound live!!!

Mon, 16 Apr 2001 22:05:05 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Brassfly - When I built my system, I had been searching for card that would acuratly recreate music in a midi format. After much consideration, with features included in my considerations, I decided that the Sound Blaster Live value card was the card for me...

Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! Value Sound Card: Sounds great, but now I'm tense.

Sun, 8 Apr 2001 20:43:16 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jtjackson - I just bought a new PC (Dell Dimension 8100 - review coming soon), and I had the choice of 2 different sound cards when I was on the phone with the salesman. The other sound card (I don't remember what brand or model) had Dolby, THX, and all sorts of...

Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! Value Sound Card: Sound Blaster is the industry standard

Thu, 5 Apr 2001 18:38:41 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author phungus - There is a very good reason why Sound Blaster is the current industry standard for sound cards and why all other sound cards must be classified as 'Sound Blaster compatible' if they ever want to sell - it is the best.

This sound card is very...

Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! Value Sound Card: Card worth getting.

Thu, 5 Apr 2001 15:57:20 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cyberixus - I just assembled my PC a few weeks ago.I was on a tight budget but I opted to get the Altec Lansing 45.1 speakers. I had to forgo Geforce MX2 and settled for a TNT2 M64 graphics card instead.

A friend got me a second hand Tera Sound...

Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! Value Sound Card: Mixed feelings on SoundBlaster Live Value from a MIDI musician

Sun, 1 Apr 2001 02:52:49 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author darksentinel - The folks at Creative may not appreciate my opinion of the SoundBlaster Live Value PCI soundcard as much as some of the others. This card sounds great, but in the past I have not been pleased with SoundBlaster cards. I’ve returned two of them: first the...

Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! Value Sound Card: Inexpensive & Great for Gaming

Wed, 28 Mar 2001 14:07:14 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author MjrVodka - The Soundblaster Live Value is a great sounding, inexpensive sound card.

Gaming.

It works wonderfully for gaming, providing more channels than most games have sound effects. The software that comes with it even has preset...

Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! Value Sound Card: Trust Sound Blaster

Sun, 25 Feb 2001 18:28:44 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author TrickQba - It's affordable, unbeatable, and undeniably innovative. It must be Sound Blaster Live! Value.

I purchased this card when I upgraded my computer. Being in a kit, I only had to pay about $45 for it, which is as much as any decent card will...

Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! Value Sound Card: Great sound at a great price!

Sun, 11 Feb 2001 02:34:07 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author civic2000 - For gamers and movie watchers alike, sound is critical to their computers. In the PC market today, there is really only one dominant sound card manufacturer available, which is Creative Labs and their SoundBlaster Live! soundcard series. There are many...

Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! Value Sound Card: You may need a speaker upgrade for the Soundblaster Live

Sat, 6 Jan 2001 19:39:55 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kishioka - I purchased the Soundblaster Live! Value sound card for about $45. Right now, it is the best audio card out there and its driver support is also excellent. One of the bigger problems with audio cards is that everyone seems to be going out of business...

Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! Value Sound Card: Nice, very nice.

Tue, 19 Dec 2000 01:36:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author fatboy18 - I love this card.

Not only does this sound card have a digital connector (for those REAL audio freaks who can hear the difference), it's a real performer.

Being a fairly budget sound card, I was not expecting very much from this...

Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! Value Sound Card: Compatibility, quality, value.

Mon, 11 Dec 2000 15:50:22 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author oscen - Having a Creative Live Value (OEM) card left over after building a computer, I decided to test it in parallel with my Diamond MX300 (OEM). Now I am sold on the Creative product.

My conclusions after testing are as follows:

* The sound...

Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! Value Sound Card: would be great if it worked...

Fri, 8 Dec 2000 19:15:27 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bad_seed - We just got this sound card in our new HP Pavillion pentium 4 PC. Brand new computer, just out of the box. When we set up our speakers (nice creative labs five-piece set) we began having problems.

After playing around with the setup and...

Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! Value Sound Card: The S B Live Value sound card: A real value.

Sat, 25 Nov 2000 01:02:57 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Kzinti - The Sound Blaster Live Value card is the perfect sound card for the computer audiophile, it has CD quality sound, and a great set of software.

When having quality trouble recording wav files, it was suggested that I upgrade from the Sound...

Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! Value Sound Card: Absolutely Great Upgrade

Mon, 20 Nov 2000 01:52:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author what-I-think - I picked up this card to replace my SoundBlaster AWE64. I immediately noticed a huge difference in the overall sound quality of this card. Then there is the whole 4 channel EAX surround that this card is capable of putting out, provided the game you are...

Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! Value Sound Card: Great Sound and Features...

Sun, 19 Nov 2000 13:37:26 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dkoepke49 - When I upgraded to a new motherboard, I had to retire my SB AWE64 Value ISA card. So it was time to venture out and find a brand spanking new PCI sound card that was going to be both inexpensive, but have some pretty decent quality.

I really...

Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! Value Sound Card: Stop making video cards.

Wed, 15 Nov 2000 03:24:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author JDHannan - I bought my first ever sound card from Creative Labs back 6-7 years ago for $188CDN. It was big and fit in those bottom slots in ur computer, it came with a bunch of midis, wavs and Dr. Sbaitso, the speaking psychologist. it was utterly hilarious. I...

Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! Value Sound Card: Best Soundcard... And the price is right

Mon, 13 Nov 2000 23:57:07 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author asinine96 - I bought this product because I trust Creative. It was also the best sound card I could buy at the time. The Sound Blaster Live! Value replaced the regular Sound Blaster Live!. The Value now includes optical out, which is extremely convenient for...

Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! Value Sound Card: Great card at a budget price

Sun, 12 Nov 2000 12:28:51 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author CyrixDes - This has to be the best soundcard available at the moment along with the other variations of the Live range like this one and the Live Platinum. The good thing with this card is that it is pretty cheap and can be picked up for around £45-00 and yet it...