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Creative Sound Blaster ZxR Sound Card

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Creative Sound Blaster ZxR Sound Card

Name: Creative Sound Blaster ZxR Sound Card
Brand: Creative Labs
SKU: creative-sound-blaster-zxr-sound-card
Price: 184.99 USD
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Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

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If you're looking into or have already built a high-end desktop setup, the aural experience is just as important to get right as the visual one. For the ultimate immersive experience in PC gaming and entertainment, Creative's flagship ZxR sound card is a feature-packed gizmo that comes ready to level up your audio straight out of the box Read More

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Jigpo

Jan 3, 2018

Hi, What is the warranty period on this card? I have had the card for 18 months and the Centre/Sub output has just died(I suspect). I am still trying to determine possible causes, but initial testing says output failure. Thanks

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aditxman

Dec 27, 2017

any chance after this creative Z ? i don't have 2 slot as i have lot add on in my mobo slot lol

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Tex-Arozzi

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Arozzi

Dec 28, 2017

aditxmanWe actually just finished a drop on that last week.
https://www.massdrop.com/buy/creative-sound-blaster-zx
If you click the request button it will help bring it back faster and will notify you when its live again!

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aditxman

Dec 28, 2017

Tex-Arozzii mean Z not zr that have suck audio dongle

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Kbhaskar

Dec 27, 2017

No Linux support\drivers, if anyone is wondering.

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Calis

Nov 1, 2017

I need a new soundcard and I was thinking to buy an AE-5 Pure Edition when they become available. Is the ZxR better or worse than the AE-5 in terms of audio quality?

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waremon

Nov 1, 2017

CalisSome say AE-5 shows DNR instead of SNR for a reason...

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selvakumar

Dec 31, 2017

Calisfar better then AE-5 Pure Edition go for ZXR

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yeet12

Oct 27, 2017

So can i use this with my msi labtop ?

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liteon163

Oct 28, 2017

yeet12No

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HaVoCTzu

274

Oct 30, 2017

yeet12No. You need an external (USB) DAC/Amp.

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bonbon525

Aug 20, 2017

i bought this sound card many years back. its pretty pricey and i was hoping that it was able to do what intended. if the creative team member can help...... can you use this to sing karaoke? i initially bought this thinking i can hook up a microphone and turn on karaoke on youtube to sing with the music.

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DigitalRonyn

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Creative Labs

Oct 31, 2017

bonbon525You definitely could use this for Karaoke. The audio inputs are incredibly clean. You will though need an adapter if you are planning on using a microphone with an XLR connection.

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Jigpo

Aug 16, 2017

I bought this card about a year ago from this drop. The build quality is really solid. Sound quality is a definite step up over the motherboard sound card or a laptop sound card. I have used this with HD439 Headphones, a 5.1 setup and 5.1 over optical and all have sounded great. The biggest feature that I would like to see if being able to play two seperate audio streams over two different devices. It is not possible to use the speaker out if you are using the headphone out, this is done via a toggle in software. The software options are fairly solid but you will find that each device requires some tweaking in software to get it sounding perfect. The microphone is not jaw dropping but still very solid.
I would not recommend getting this card if you are not prepared to go diving through your windows playback devices menu frequently if you are changing outputs, or going through the creative software.
I would recommend this for audiophile gamers, or streamers that need inline audio processing. This is also really good for CS:GO on default settings with my HD439's there is exceptional spatial awareness and I find I can hear footsteps really well.
I have had issues with windows updates messing with the creative software and requiring a software reinstall.
I am part of the HD6XX drop and will post how it handles those later in the year.

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LFaWolf

Dec 30, 2017

Hmm, I think it could be a matter of personal taste. I have the EQ set and the bass about one third the way, and I love the music (classical, yoyo ma and pop songs)., and find the balance is great.

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Jigpo

Oct 30, 2019

Hi Cambo. A bit late on the reply but here goes. Overall the ZxR goes really well with the HD6XX, I have had zero issues when using it plugged in to the control Pod. I initially started out with the Classical EQ and a couple of the other enhancements but have since moved to zero enhancements and EQ.

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Critical50

Aug 16, 2017

I owned the smaller card for about a year. It did break on me, but someone pointed out to me that it may have broken because I had it positioned right above my PSU. Which wouldve been blowing warm air directly into it. But in my defense, I only had one slot for it. I dont know if thats really something that would break it. But I did want to say, it gave pretty good surround sound, drove my AKG K7XX pretty well with no problem. Im not an audiophile, but after these broke, the audio sounded underwhelming with the onboard card. It also made my mic much clearer sounding than onboard, and no background static. Audio also picked up no hissing noise, which was something I was greatly concerned about. But everyones system is different. But my experience was no hissing with audio.

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SkipPp

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Oct 27, 2017

Unless it is fanless. Then you must position it upwards. Similarly, if you have an old-fashioned top-mounted case, then you need to suck air in from the case and out the back.

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Drewing101

Oct 27, 2017

either way my point still stands, psu's don't blow inward, they blow outward, thus, it couldn't have produced the issue

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jmbrysk

Aug 15, 2017

A big issue that I'm dealing with in my PC setup is using a wired headset and mic with latency-free mic monitoring. Does the ZxR handle that with zero latency?

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