Worst thing I have ever purchased
Written: Jul 13 '01
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Pros: Support for modern audio formats
Cons: Bad support, bad sound quality
The Bottom Line: I feel as though I have been disrespected, and the sound card which is supposed to enhance my sound only made it much much worse.
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| volrath's Full Review: IBM Creative SoundBlaster Live! |
First of all, I would like to establish that I purchased the Macintosh version of the SoundBlaster Live! sound card. These have just recently become available, and obviously there is no entry in the epinions product database for the mac version of this product.
Where do I begin... I first ordered this product from outpost.com. It took about 2 months of backorders and delivery problems before I got the thing. Installation was a snap because I've installed lots of things in my computer before.
The software installer seemed a bit crazy. It installed a whole lot of stuff that I would never use and never need. After that it seemed to restart 3 times for some reason. It was up and running and fine after that.
After using it for a few days, I started to notice that I was getting popping static noises as well as audio skipping. This is extremely annoying while watching a DVD, because all of a sudden there is a popping noise and the audio is now lagged a second behind the video. I tried everything to fix this problem, but nothing worked.
I tried to contact Creative Labs about this problem, but they ended up completely ignoring my emails, not to mention they have absolutely horrible support for the Macintosh platform on their website.
I turned to the forums at xlr8yourmac.com. There had been a thread started by workers at Creative Labs. They were trying to get feedback from people who had purchased their card to see if they could fix some of the problems. That thread was started 3 months ago, and is still very active with hundreds of posts from people who have had problems. Their only response to my problems is that "we are working on it" which has been their official status on the problem from about 2 months now.
The URL for that thread is here: http://bbs.xlr8yourmac.com/ubb/Forum12/HTML/000182-14.html
Recommended:
No
Amount Paid (US$): 130
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volrath
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Member: Michael Butler
Location: San Jose, CA, USA
Reviews written: 6
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