Sound BlasterX AE-5 Pure Edition Gaming Sound Card and DAC

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Sound BlasterX AE-5 Pure Edition Gaming Sound Card and DAC

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B

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Pros & Cons

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Pros

The software works quite well and gives you some great eq and mixing options. The processor on the card is pretty good but not better than the one i have and using it turns my processor into a big brick. I am in hopes this will be a good replacement f... Read More

Ae-5 is a solid card with flexible outputs and outstanding headphone properties. It has a great headphone-out jack! Built-in amp is nice! It is connected to an old-school reconditioned jvc 778 receiver and homemade realistic port tuned mach mach one-l... Read More

This card isn't just a game changer it's a game maker. The drivers are some of the best that i have ever seen for creative. Each has something i like. Very clean and exacting.

The creative card fixed the problem, and more than that, it is easier to setup the sound on my system. It switches between my headphones and computer speakers just fine with shut off of audio. It didi t with windows 11 and windows 10.

I probably hear the footsteps in cod much clearer and louder than my opponent. Acm eliminates the need to use the case front panel audio jacks.

Cons

Firstly, this device has the same bug as the ae-5 when paired with an amd board. Win7 is the most stable and easiest to manage ms os to date why the fudge should i spend another $150 to buy an upgrade that is worse!

They offer no support for items purchased through amazon - i cannot even open a ticket on their website. I'm just thankful the return period is still available.

This card is completely useless. The quality control is absolutely awful. And this card is way overpriced. The card cost almost as much as my motherboard.

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Quality

The sound quality is significantly better than the realtek audio that was included with the motherboard.

The sound blaster app works great with plenty of adjustment and over the sound quality is awesome on my system!

(but i'm still frustrated with gigabyte not fixing this problem with the motherboard audio)one of the two bad things about it i... Read More

Discord interacts with the change between headphones and speakers a little strangely.

Packaging/appearance

Nonetheless, it's satisfying to know there is the 32bit option.

I love ssd drive but the m2 version sucks up pic-e lanes.

Competitiveness

Even the range expanding r2r recordings from an akia 747 (none dbx) ones rock!

Works great with my beyerdynamic dt990 600ohm headphones.

Longer story -- well everything worked fine on the first day with a win10 clean install but as soon as windows update got throu... Read More

As of writting this review they still haven't released a windows 11 driver.

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This product had a total of 2,414 reviews as of our last analysis date on Sep 20 2022.