Pros: Good value, equivalent to most cheap cards
Cons: annoying glitches, sound quality

Well, I have to say that I do not like my sound card. When I got it a couple of years ago, I researched thoroughly and saw that Creative was about the only company left making high-quality cards. They sell the majority of sound cards today. Only Hercules...

Pros: Above-average sound quality, reasonable prices
Cons: Inadequate drivers, lousy software

Purchase

If I could sum up my experiences with the SoundBlaster Live! with a song, I would have to go with "Don't Believe the Hype."

While I'm happy to see other reviewers in this forum had successful installations with their...

Pros: - Digital Output - Joystick Port
Cons: - Poor driver support

The SoundBlaster Live! Value suffers from poor driver support, and will slow down your gaming experience when you're using hardware acceleration.
The card is easy to install and the documentation is acceptable, but a lack of driver updates makes...

Pros: 3D sound, good configuration utilities
Cons: not much bundled software, no onboard memory

While great for gaming, this card leaves much to be desired for the aspiring musician. Beneath the polished sheen of 3-D sound posistioning,a familiar beast resides; the Sound Blaster Live Value is more closer to the old Sound Blaster Awe 32, then it...

Pros: Nice sound...
Cons: but not from all of our speakers.

We just got this sound card in our new HP Pavillion pentium 4 PC. Brand new computer, just out of the box. When we set up our speakers (nice creative labs five-piece set) we began having problems.

After playing around with the setup and...

Pros: Cheap. Fantastic sound.
Cons: Um... there are cons?

Well, the actual Sound Blaster Live! Value was made in 1998, but it still kicks even the newest sound card's butt. The sound is crystal clear, even on my old speakers from 1995, from my old compaq. Nice piece of hardware. The multi-channel audio is...

Pros: cheap, great surround sound, good quality
Cons: none

This has to be the best soundcard available at the moment along with the other variations of the Live range like this one and the Live Platinum. The good thing with this card is that it is pretty cheap and can be picked up for around £45-00 and yet it...

Pros: great dsp, cheap, marketshare, low cpu usage, support
Cons: not so good 3d gaming

Creative has been the leader in making sound cards, but this card is not as great as it is hyped up to be. Albeit, it is a great improvement over previous generations of sound cards, but it still lacks features that prevent me from loving this card.
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Pros: everything is included
Cons: cheap speakers

Do you need great sound at a great price? Have I got a kit for you? Yes, a kit that includes everything you need to upgrade that aging sound system installed in you computer.

This kit includes everything you need, sound blaster live sound...

Pros: price, best sound card out there
Cons: need good speakers

I purchased the Soundblaster Live! Value sound card for about $45. Right now, it is the best audio card out there and its driver support is also excellent. One of the bigger problems with audio cards is that everyone seems to be going out of business....

Pros: Great sound a lot of options
Cons: drivers and software a little hard to load

I was looking for an inexpensive sound card that was a good performer. I asked a few friends and did a little research on the web and found that for the price it was a good value. I recommend this card to everyone. I built my mom a computer last month...

Pros: Great card, great price, great tricks
Cons: Conflicts with some motherboards

Another great piece of hardware by creative labs. One of the nicest features ive seen on this or any sound card is the ability to manipulate direct line in and microphone channels. By hooking up your mic and playing with the Environmental audio you can...

Pros: great sound
Cons: great price

I am enjoying this card! It didn't cost an arm and a leg, but I can listen to my CD's while I'm doing my monthly bills and not be able to tell the difference between the computer and my daughter's portable player. The sound is full, with good quality....

Pros: Great sound, great price.
Cons: The usual Creative fudge duplex problems.

The folks at Creative may not appreciate my opinion of the SoundBlaster Live Value PCI soundcard as much as some of the others. This card sounds great, but in the past I have not been pleased with SoundBlaster cards. I’ve returned two of them: first the...

Pros: Great sound.
Cons: Didn't work.

I just bought a new PC (Dell Dimension 8100 - review coming soon), and I had the choice of 2 different sound cards when I was on the phone with the salesman. The other sound card (I don't remember what brand or model) had Dolby, THX, and all sorts of...