Pros: It works. Did not hang on install.
Cons: Bad S/N ratio, bad frequency response, noise, and dynamic range.

Please read my review of the Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound card.

Get this card only if you use low grade computer grade loudspeakers and don't intend to use the soundcard functionality of your computer for recording purposes. Its level...

Pros: Good, quality sound at a decent price.
Cons: Card died in a little less than a year.

I have always been partial to the Sound Blaster line of sound cards ever since we got our first computer many years ago, not much has changed. I know there are people out there saying there are better ones out there, but for my personal use on my...

Pros: Inexpensive, Nice clarity, Works in Real DOS Mode, Good Software
Cons: none

When I upgraded my computer with a new motherboard and processor I discovered after I put it in that my Soundblaster AWE 64 ISA card would not fit because it only supported PCI cards. So I had to quickly find an acceptable sound card at an...

Pros: Great Classic Style of Creative a Wonderfully satable Card!
Cons: I don't own Stock in Creative Labs.

I have hear a ton of Cards in the past that profess to be something special. The ironic thing is that My Good OLd Sound Blaster PCI that I have had for about 7 years still Smokes Anything else I have ever heard. Everyone runs out to get the Big Models...

Pros: Works with Windows 98/SE/Me/XP Cheap-sounds great
Cons: None I have found

I have used this card since the fall of 1998, beta testing of Windows 98SE,ME and now Windows XP.I have excellant quality sound from this card. Of course it helps that I have the card hooked up to a 135watt per channel Stereo System.
With my stereo...

Pros: Inexpensive, not cheap and very reliable
Cons: No surround sound

For those who are out there that are sound mixing buffs who do a lot of audio recording and mixing and so forth, I just want to let you know this is not an epinion by a sound card expert who knows a lot about that kind of stuff. I do have one stat you...

Pros: Sound Quality, Inexpensive, More options for recording and playback
Cons: Joystick configuration for DOS

The SoundBlasterPCI card has delivered good sound quality, various inputs & outputs, and has boosted the flexibility of .wav file recording and mixing on my machine.

I recently upgraded my sound card from a 16 bit-modem/soundcard to the...

Pros: reasonable
Cons: not top of line

I just recently installed the Creative Sound Blaster 16 WavEffects card in our computer at work.

Here are some of the features:

* Low-noise audio performance with 16 bit, CD-quality, Stereo recording and...

Pros: Great sound, amazing 3D audio
Cons: No Linux support

SoundBlaster LIVE, my pick as the number one sound card ever. The SBLive is a product of Creative Labs, now just called Creative. Creative has made the SoundBlaster product for a number of years now, with the first incarnation being the .

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Pros: Great Sound, Inexpensive, Easy Install
Cons: none

While building my lastest PC I was parts searching very carefully in order to have the highest quality system possible. (Those of you who have read my other computer component parts find this to be a familar line.)

I researched on Creative,...

Pros: good sound, cheap, easy to install.
Cons: doesn't support 4 or more speakers

Sound Blaster 16 was probably the greatest breakthrough in the sound card world. This is so even though they were first created a number of years ago. I still run an ISA (OLD) Soundblaster 16 card in my PIII computer system. I'm sure you're wondering...

Pros: easy installation, great informative manual
Cons: none

I installed the Creative Labs Soundblaster 16 and was amazed with the sound I received. The installation process was extremely simple. The manual that came with the equipment was a surprising welcome considering other's I've received with other...

Pros: Solid, long lasting, excellent quality
Cons: Probably isn't supported in today's machines.

I bought a Sound Blaster 16 many years ago at Wal-Mart. It was fairly expensive at the time, being over $100 but I had to have sound. It was the best investment I've made. Over the years I've bought many other hardware items, but none have given me...

Pros: Cheap, Decent Sound Quality
Cons: Old Technology.

Even though you can only hook up two sets of speakers, powered and not powered, this sound card pumps the sound out pretty good for $20. In my 486 it works just fine with out any delays while playing MP3's. It has some decent sound quality while...

Pros: Cheap, widely supported.
Cons: No frills, older and somewhat slower model.

The SoundBlaster16 is the perfect choice for anyone who 1)doesn't care about sound quality 2) is not a gamer and 3) is not an avid MP3 fan. It is cheap, reliable, compatible with almost everything. Compatible? Heck, it IS the standard by which all...