Box Contents

• Sound Blaster Audigy2 Platinum eX card
• Sound Blaster Audigy2 Platinum eX External I/O Module and IR remote control
• AD_LINK cable
• Power converter cable
• Joystick/MIDI bracket
• 3.5mm minijack to ¼" plug adapter
• Two AAA betteries for the IR remote control
• Sound Blaster Audigy2 Installation and Application CD
• Sound Blaster Audigy2 Feature Showcase Demo CD
• Creative DVD-Audio Sampler Disc
• Quick Start Guide leaflet
• User manual (pdf, on the CD)

User Manual, Warranty, and Customer Support cards are in .pdf form on the CD.  It's kind of a shame as I rather liked having a paper edition of the manual.  But, it's cheaper for Creative and it saves a few trees, so why not?  The driver installation also makes you register your eX online, so it's almost moot to have those old mail-in cards.

There are also a few extras in the software bundle:

• Ableton Fuityloops 3.5 and Live 1.5 (music creation, sequencer)
• Stienberg Cubasis VST and Wavelab Lite (sequencer, editor)
• Native Instruments' Traktor DJ ("hit it, Run")
• Ulead VideoStudio 5.0 (video)
• Hitman 2 (full version)
• Soldier of Fortune II (full version)

The inclusion of the Fruityloops and Live are the only difference between software bundles of the Audigy2 Platinum and the eX.

 
Audigy2 Platinum eX soundcard