![]() Yeah, it’s expensive for a sound card, but reasonably priced for a feature-packed DAC. That put the X7’s price in better perspective. They don’t come cheap, period, and you can easily spend $150 or $500 on a device specifically dedicated to processing digital audio and spitting it out to analog audio systems. A whole lot of hardwareĪs I started using the X7 daily to listen to music on a Steelseries 9H headset or through my JBL 2.1 speakers, I also researched digital-analog converters. After spending a couple weeks with the X7, I think it’s a great piece of hardware, but unless you already have an expensive audio setup, it’s not worth the price. ![]() ![]() All of those features justify the Sound Blaster X7’s $400 price tag-if you use them. Finally, the X7 comes with a software suite packed with options for tuning, calibrating, equalizing, and enhancing music and microphone audio. It’s also absolutely packed with ports (speaker wire, analog, optical, ¼” headset) and features (Bluetooth, NFC pairing, beamforming mic) and supports 5.1 surround. It’s a DAC (digital-analog converter) that can do 24-bit/192 kHz processing, and its amplifier can push up to 100 watts outto a pair of hefty speakers. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Available as 8 GB and 16 GB, This Month.Sound Blaster believes that motherboard sound quality isn’t good enough, and to that end the X7 is packed with powerful components that onboard audio can’t match.AMD Releases Second Official Statement Regarding Ryzen 7000X3D Issues. ![]() AMD Ryzen 7000X3D Processors Prone to Physical Damage with Voltage-assisted Overclocking, Motherboard Vendors Rush BIOS Updates with Voltage Limiters.Apr 12th, 2023 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Founders Edition Review.Apr 12th, 2023 ASUS GeForce RTX 4070 Dual Review.Apr 5th, 2023 AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Review - The Best Gaming CPU.Apr 27th, 2023 Thermaltake CTE C750 TG ARGB Review.May 11th, 2023 Razer DeathAdder V3 Review.Apr 21st, 2023 Intel Core i9-13900KS Review - The Empire Strikes Back.May 5th, 2023 Upcoming Hardware Launches 2023 (Updated May 2023).Apr 29th, 2023 Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Benchmark Test & Performance Analysis Review.Of course, Creative didn't mess with the intuitive physical buttons on the device itself, nor did they change the massive volume knob, which can still be used to adjust sound and microphone volume, as well as balance the volume between two sources. Connecting it to any AV receiver, stereo amplifier, or active speakers with a TOSLINK input is also possible. Like its predecessor, the Sound Blaster X4 can be combined with headphones, gaming headsets, or active speakers 2.0, 2.1, 5.1, and 7.1 speaker configurations are supported. The Sound Blaster X4 is macOS compatible, and you can connect it to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch consoles too, while being able to access most of its features through a smartphone (Android/iOS) app. Windows users can also tap into its Dolby Digital Live encoding capabilities. This is an obvious attempt to make the Sound Blaster X4 attractive to everyone's current work-from-home lifestyles. SmartComms Kit includes a VoiceDetect feature that automatically mutes and unmutes the microphone depending on whether you're talking, as well as noise filtering for incoming and outgoing comms.
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