Review on 🎮 Experience Next-Level Gaming Audio with Creative Sound Blaster Z SE Internal PCI-e Sound Card and DAC by Boss Spangler

Thank you for this sound card. I have a nice 5.1 surround sound system that I bought about 8 months ago. Only requires surround sound input via HDMI or SPDIF (optical). Unfortunately, my graphics card does not transmit surround sound via HDMI (only 2ch/stereo) and the SPDIF output of my mobo does not support it either. After a lot of work, research and even trying other sound cards I finally got this one. It took me about 20 minutes to figure out how to get this to work. (In the Windows 10 "Sound" settings under "Playback" you should change the default audio output device to the sound card's "speakers" setting, but actually configure the sound card's "spdif-out" device. Then load that Sound Blaster Command program Then enter the program and in the Encoder section select Dolby Audio or DTS depending on what your surround sound system supports. Then go to the Playback section of the Command program and test it. If everything is done correctly you should get version 5.1) When I finally got it working I turned on my game (Outriders) which tried unsuccessfully to turn on surround sound and BOOM, I was able to rotate my character and different ones Hear sounds spinning around me like it should be. After so much frustration trying to get 5.1 via SPDIF-Out/Optical I was so happy I finally got it done. The cost was higher than I would have liked but much better than all my other options. I couldn't use my beautiful and expensive surround sound system and wasted it. Or I would have to buy a second surround sound system, which, like most sound cards, uses analog audio. So if you find yourself in a similar situation to mine, this map will help you. as they should. After so much frustration trying to get 5.1 via SPDIF-Out/Optical I was so happy I finally got it done. The cost was higher than I would have liked, but far better than any of my other options. I couldn't use my beautiful and expensive surround sound system and wasted it. Or I would have to buy a second surround sound system that uses analog audio like most sound cards. So if you find yourself in a similar situation to mine, this map will help you. as they should. After so much frustration trying to get 5.1 via SPDIF-Out/Optical I was so happy that I finally made it. The cost was higher than I would have liked but much better than all my other options. I couldn't use my beautiful and expensive surround sound system and wasted it. Or I would have to buy a second surround sound system that uses analog audio like most sound cards. So if you find yourself in a situation similar to mine this map will help you. Or I would have to buy a second surround sound system that uses analog audio like most sound cards. So if you find yourself in a similar situation to mine, this map will help you. Or I would have to buy a second surround sound system that uses analog audio like most sound cards. So if you are in a situation similar to mine,