Creative Labs SoundBlaster ZXR Review

Posted by: Steven ROBSCIX Wall on: 07/18/2013 12:05 PM [ 79 comment(s) ]

We review the Creative Labs SoundBlaster ZXR. Creative Labs has been a powerhouse force in the world of PC audio ever since there was such a concept as PC audio. They developed loads of great audio tech for gamers and were considered the pinnacle of PC gaming audio devices for quite some time. Creative Labs basically had the market cornered for many years and some diehard fans felt that during this time their designs suffered a bit. They weren’t really pushing the envelope and trying to advance the market as much as a company would if they had steady competition. As the saying goes it is great to be king!

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k1net1cs

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Posted on: 07/19/2013 10:04 AM

They were in typically well ventilated/cooled cases. My current one has excellent air flow. It's not too dry or humid either, but it is slightly on the humid side.

That's odd.
Even the ribbon cable from my SB Live! Platinum still bends just fine, or the 80-pin IDE cables I still have around, and it's pretty humid here most of the time.

I honestly have never seen an IDE cable 'crust up'.
Cut up, yes, from the stray swings of my minus screwdriver, but never crust up or anything like that...at least not the 80-pin ones.

LesserHellspawn
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Posted on: 07/19/2013 10:34 AM

I'll cling to my Auzen X-Fi, just because of 7.1 speaker support, since I have that setup. If there's no new Creative card with 7.1 support agian by the time I build my next rig, they'll lose me as customer.

BLEH!
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Posted on: 07/19/2013 11:12 AM

If I didn't have a 16-channel recording soundcard I'd probably be using something like this. High end audio really does make a difference.

RavenMaster
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Posted on: 07/19/2013 03:39 PM

I love my ZXR - best sound card I've ever owned. Great quality for both music and games + movies and the ACM mic is a nice addition too

TheDeeGee
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