Creative Labs 70SB095000002 Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Notebook Sound Card

Title : Creative Labs 70SB095000002 Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Notebook Sound Card
ASIN : B0019JDDCI
Description : Ultra-compact X-Fi audio with music streamingCreatives ExpressCard Sound Blaster X-Fi Notebook puts your portable PC at the heart of your music system. With X-Fi Crystalizer it restores detail and vibrance to your compressed MP3 music and movie sound tracks, while with X-Fi CMSS-3D Headphone it gives you incredible, immersive headphone surround in Dolby and DTS movies with PowerDVD free download, and ultra-realistic EAX effects in gaming. Its compact design, with wireless functionality, is compatible with the latest notebooks - just add optional Creative Wireless Receivers and you can stream music to speakers across the room or around your home!- Sound Blaster X-Fi technology in ExpressCard format for notebook PCs.- X-Fi technology enhances compressed MP3 music and up-mixes it to Xtreme Fidelity surround.- Turns a notebook into a personal cinema with PowerDVD software free download, adding incredible X-Fi headphone surround in Dolby, DTS, DivX and downloaded videos.- Supports EAX 4.0 and OpenAL for ultra-realistic gaming surround over headphones, plus Creative ALchemy for maximum audio performance of legacy games under Windows Vista.- Stream audio to hi-fi system or speakers across the room or around your home via optional Creative Wireless Receivers.- Supports new 34mm ExpressCard format, for widest compatibility with the latest notebooks.FeatureProduct FeaturesTechnical detailsPlug and PlayY Compatible operating systemsMicrosoft Windows Vista, XP InternalN AudioAudio quality24bit Signal-to-Noise Ratio SNR98dB Audio channels2.0 ConnectivityInterface typeExpressCard 54 Microphone, line-in jackY Speaker/ headphone/ line-out jack2 System requirementsMinimum RAM256MB Minimum processor1.66 GHz Intel Pentium M, Intel Core, AMD Turion Minimum hard disk space600MB
Features :

• Sound Blaster X-Fi Notebook

List Price : £77.29

category: Internal Sound Cards
brand: Creative Labs
Item Page Detail URL : link
Rating : 3.8
Review : Great Soundcard
I bought this soundcard as my laptop's normal headphone jack had broken and I wanted to plug headphones in so that I could listen to music and watch videos without disturbing other people. This works brilliantly in this job as now I have a working headphones port.
The sound quality is very good in my opinion for these tasks (I'm not using my laptop for music creation or any other high end use so I cannot comment on this).

The biggest gripe I have with this soundcard is that it sticks out. If I want to move my laptop around, I need to take the soundcard out so that I don't break it. Also, another issue I have is that if I pull out my headphones from the port it can sometimes take the soundcard out with it - to counter this I have to hold the soundcard when I want to take out my headphones; this is just a minor inconvenience. However, these issues does cause me to give it 4 stars and not the full 5.

All in all - a very good product.