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Creative Sound Blaster Live! MP3+

Creative Sound Blaster Live! MP3+

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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 

SoundBlaster Live Mp3 a Solid Choice

by tman527 , Mar 26 '01
Pros: Good Software, impressive audio quality, designed for Mp3 playing
Cons: not top of the line high quality anymore
When I first purchased my SoundBlaster Live Mp3 sound card I was just looking to swap out the card that had originally came in my computer system. What I ended up doing was searching for the most I could get with what little I had to spend. That...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

great sound from a trusted name

by drdavec1 Epinions Most Popular Authors - Top 1000, May 05 '00
Pros: Sound quality- perfect!; digital; ambiances are fun to use; easy to install
Cons: need good speakers to maximize sound which means added cost
Creative's Soundblaster Live Mp3+ is expensive. However, it produces amazing sound sure to please everyone from audiophile to beginner. Stereo quality sound pumped out of my computer once I had this installed...In this review I will take you through a...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

Your ticket to the show

by ajwall , Oct 04 '00
Pros: bundled software, bells and whistles, solid quality and compatibility
Cons: When are they going to learn to synthesize horns and guitars???
Am I glad I bought the Creative Labs Soundblaster LIVE! + MP3? Well, I'm listening to it right now. The bass vibrates my feet and the high end falls like snowflakes on the limits of my hearing range. Is the ability to pull top quality sound out those...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 

Very Good, not Perfect.

by alan_d , Nov 27 '00
Pros: High quality consumer gear
Cons: No longer top model, sometimes annoying noise interference, missing some Win2k compatibility
I selected this sound card because Creative has a reputable name when selecting sound cards, and Sound Blaster is the benchmark standard for consumer sound cards. At the time I bought it, the LIVE! architecture wsa their high end hardware...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

Luxury sound at a luxury cost, but good price

by kfgecko Epinions Most Popular Authors - Top 1000, May 08 '00
Pros: 3D audio, MP3 encoding, good sound
Cons: 3D audio is just luxury, not necessity
This card delivers quality sound, nice 3D audio, and MP3 encoding. 3D sound and MP3 encoding is on the luxury end of cool things to have in your computer (unless of course you regularly work with MP3's as a business or something). As cool as 3D audio...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 

Soundblaster Live! MP3+

by NateK53 , May 14 '01
Pros: Great sound, bundled software.
Cons: Tough to install, Creative Playcenter is terreble.
I first considered buying some quality speakers and a soundcard for the "coolness." Five speakers and a sub, wow...I would be popular. I then justified my purchase buy saying, "I'll buy them and use my computer as my stereo." Well, I promise you that is...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 

Which Soundblaster Live?

by vllasko , Mar 03 '01
Pros: affordable, EAX sound, digital out, 4 speaker support
Cons: tough debate whether to go platinum, X-Gamer or MP3 version
Building a new system, I had a tough time deciding which sound blaster card to buy. For me, it was a toss up between the mp3 5.1 and the platinum 5.1. The deciding factor came down to this.

the platinum offers a different software bundle;...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

Home 5.1 Dolby Digital for $100

by ethanT , Apr 16 '01
Pros: Tons of features, excellent quality
Cons: None
My very first SBLive soundcard was the value version that came out a few years ago. Since then, there have been many other releases but I knew I had to get the latest ones that came with 5.1 Dolby Digital decoding built-in. Refer to my earlier review of...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 

Immersive Sound and Lots of Tweaks!

by jimzak , Aug 06 '00
Pros: Excellent sound quality, multitude of software apps
Cons: Problematic installation, plug interface on back of computer without optional drive bay interface
Combine this card, its clarity and digital sound effects with a good set of multimedia speakers, and you'll be sucked into an immersive aural feast!

Despite getting the Blue Screen of Death several times during installation, the card seemed to...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

Great for music lovers!

by tewl , Jul 14 '01
Pros: Great sound, and compatiblity.
Cons: It started making fuzzy noises. (easy to fix)
I have owned this soundcard for quite a while now with my surround sound speaker system i purchased for my computer a while ago. I cant wait to see what creative soundworks will come out with next. I can hardly believe my ears when i turned on the music...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

**5.1 Dolby Digital**

by reavsoul , Feb 16 '01
Pros: 5.1 Channels, EAX, Bundled Software, Great sound, AC3 Decoding, price
Cons: Need 5.1 speakers to get full experience adding to the price.
This is a great card for games, entertainment, and even for DVD's. I was a bit iffy about the 5.1 channels scheme but overall it turned out great. I had to purchase Creative's Cambridge Soundworks DTT2200 5.1 speakers to get the full experience of the...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

SoundBlaster MP3 BLASTS!

by altimuh , Sep 05 '01
Pros: Awesome performance... Optical out...
Cons: none
First I'll give you an idea of what i'm running:

Soyo 5EMA+ motherboard
K6-2 500mhz
384mb RAM
2 Western Digital 7200 PC133 20gig drives
ACER DVD-ROM
ACER CDR-RW 8x4x32
Radeon VE 32mb AGP video card
...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

great preformance and software

by phogen , Aug 21 '00
Pros: sounds great, wonderful software package
Cons: none
Well you definitely can't go wrong with the SoundBlaster Live! family of soundcards. It is well known as one of the best soundcards out there. The soundblaster live! MP3+ is no exception. What sets it apart from other Live! cards is the software it comes...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 

The ultimate sound card

by bronco75 , Jun 28 '00
Pros: Great sound, 4 speaker outputs
Cons: Iffy mp3 software
This sound card was an upgrade from a Soundblaster AWE64. When I first listened to it I was amazed at how much better my games and mp3's sounded compared to the old card. The option for 4 speakers is another awesome feature for gamers. The mp3 software...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

Great sound card

by yourgod17 , Oct 13 '01
Pros: Easy install, great sound quality, not expensive, good software bundle
Cons: PlayCenter just wastes hard drive space
When I was looking for a new sound card, I was looking for something to replace my cheap $20 no-name brand sound card. I read mixed reviews on the SB Live MP3, so I wasn't quite sure if I should get it or not, but I saw it for $70 at CompUSA after...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

3D wall of Sound

by love2ski , Jul 08 '01
Pros: great tech support, digital sound
Cons: none i can think of
This audio card will enhance any piece of sound. Not only will it enhance it, you can customize it to where you think it should be heard. for example you could make it sound as if you were in a bathroom, audio hall, or even make voices sound like...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 

Definately MP3+ in my book

by gveittome2 , Jun 27 '01
Pros: software allows many settings, great sound quality
Cons: can't think of one
Creative's Soundblaster Live Mp3 is an excellent choice for a quality sound card. I first bought this card about a year ago, and I've never had a problem with it since. Easy installation, and an easy software setup makes this product hassle-free. As...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

It will ROCK you

by MIDIMonster323 , Mar 26 '01
Pros: Excellent Price and stunning Audio/Sound Capabilities
Cons: None
I got a new computer for my birthday. When I opened up my old one to transfer my SB AWE-64 Gold card to my new computer, I became horrified. The AWE 64 is an ISA card, my new computer has only PCI slots in it. I really started to panic. I do alot of...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 3.0
 

Where is the acceleration?

by DiscoFro , Jul 26 '02
Pros: Works, good sound quality, inexpensive
Cons: Title is very misleading, no actual MP3 acceleration.
This card has a very strange title. Why do they call it MP3 plus? On the back of the box, it is advertised that it offeres MP3 acceleration. But when you honestly think about how computers work, how could a sound card actually increase the speed in which...
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