Review on 🔊 Enhanced Audio Experience with Creative SB1040 Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio PCI-E Sound Card by Athenasby Whitney

I'm not a techie, but I can read and follow instructions. I've read most of the previous reviews, both good and bad, and can only imagine the horrible things bad reviewers did to their computers to be dissatisfied with this card! My old computer (2002 and up to date for the time) had a very good Sound Blaster card. My new one (2011 and cheaper) had "built in sound". The "quality" of the sound was terrible and the noise level seemed as loud as the music. After a few hours of reading, disconnecting, installing, reconnecting and waiting for the drivers to install (yes you have to wait a reasonable amount of time) the first MP3 I played on the default settings sounded SO GOOD I could' I can't believe my ears. I even had to reconnect my old computer to compare. Really no comparison. This NO NOISE card plays pretty loud through good computer speakers. The sound is excellent and I can't wait to try some of the built in improvements on my less than perfect MP3 rips from old LPs and 45s. I would highly recommend it to anyone looking for a VAST improvement over "on-board audio" at a very low price.