Review on Enhance Your Audio Experience with the Creative 70SB181000000 Sound Blaster X3 Digital Audio Converter - Black by Wiktor wikliski ᠌

Name: Enhance Your Audio Experience with the Creative 70SB181000000 Sound Blaster X3 Digital Audio Converter - Black
Item: Enhance Your Audio Experience with the Creative 70SB181000000 Sound Blaster X3 Digital Audio Converter - Black
Rating: 4

July 04, 2023

A good and high-quality product, but there are disadvantages.

I’ll say a reservation - I evaluate it exclusively by headphones.
Yes, there are more minuses, but they do not spoil the impression so much as to be disappointed in the choice and can be ociated with subjectivity (well, except for the price) or my crooked hands (as an example of Direct Mode - I use a virtual desktop and often use the keyboard to switch modes in working programs , perhaps some of the combinations duplicates the control of the map)
By the way, the card is not as small as it seems in the photo, I had to adapt a place on the table for it. but I personally got it.
It seems to me that the card is more for games, it is hardly suitable for audiophiles.
I bought alpha C to revive the hippers (yes, yes, I was stupid and bought the C version) - The goal is fulfilled, my profane soul rejoices

Pros

-Convenient control and settings. Everything is simple and understandable even to the layman. -Variability of settings (SBX profiles please) -Scout mode - a cheat thing (but there is also a minus) -Direct Mode, turns off all the boosters that I do for movies -Record enhancers work very well. My ty microphone worked much better

Cons

-Native software fell off a couple of times - not critical, but a fact is a fact. -Sometimes (it was 3 times), I didn’t understand the logic, Direct Mode spontaneously turns on -Price (yes, I took it from my hands, but still) -Mobile application obviously needs improvement. Listens reluctantly. Management often falls off. -Scout mode - likes to independently change the sound volume (if nothing happens in the game). The logic is clear, but it's redundant, since the ears are only used to one thing, how the card turns up the volume and it's a little disorienting