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

Name: 🎮 Experience Next-Level Gaming Audio with Creative Sound Blaster Z SE Internal PCI-e Sound Card and DAC
Item: 🎮 Experience Next-Level Gaming Audio with Creative Sound Blaster Z SE Internal PCI-e Sound Card and DAC
Rating: 4

July 04, 2023

I recommend to buy, the product is of high quality.

I took it at a discount for 5800, it seems, for this price, in principle, a working device (although I would like it to be cheaper again). The motherboard embedding died due to my stupidity, so at first I sat on an external combo sound system from Ugreen with three outputs (micro, 3 pin only for ears and a combined 4 pin for headsets) and a twist on the case (I will attach a photo, I don’t advise taking it, to the company and I feel very good about 90% of products, but this one is clearly not very good due to noise and distortion and bass loss at high volume). Then I decided to buy HyperX Cloud Alpha S at a good discount and I liked the ears in the frequency response database, but it was clear that the complete sound system was no match for the ears themselves and was thrown for show, although it was convenient. Then I thought about buying zvukovuhi in the 2022. I wanted to get it in the near future, and as it turned out, there are no especially analogues for the card above, only what kind of asus thread with its poor drivers that have been finished for 5 years, I didn’t really want such happiness, and in the end I took this card. The card pleased and the sound clearly satisfied and, in principle, the card does its job, but again, from China you yourself know from which site on sales you can get clearly more interesting options and a cut above in the base, just without a guarantee (and such products are better with a guarantee take) and hell knows how they can deliver boards, but most of the problem will be software and drivers. For the card itself, the rating is 3.5 out of 5 (3.5 cannot be put, so by rounding 4)))) )
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Pros

- One of the best when buying RF cards in such a budget ( - Functional software and driver issues fixed (compared to older version) -There are all the outputs you need for any audio device -Horse gain margin up to 600ohm (not fake) -Full size card with full size base and connected directly to the system -Lost useless whistles compared to the older version -There are enough knobs for the microphone and there is a fun built-in function with emulation of another voice through filters (sometimes you need it)

Cons

- A little expensive for an outdated frankly base (in fact, this is an ordinary Z-ka of the 13th year with some modifications based on the software and depriving the microphone card from the kit (which, in principle, is a plus because it is not needed)) the card should cost a maximum of 5k for such base, but unfortunately the brand plays here, and audio cards in the 2022 are based only on branded manufacturers ala asus, etc. - There are 24 bits and 192 kHz, and of course this is good, and in principle it is already necessary to have a card for such a price, but there are no other supports, even native ones in the form of DSD, and even 192 kHz with a catch, a 192 kHz card only works with output to acoustics (when outputting to acoustics, Direct Mode is also available (a mode that cuts out all enhancements and sends sound directly from the card to an audio device without a system mixer, a kind of analogue of the USB direct access function on android players so that the sound is immediately output to the DAC bypassing the mixers (external audio path because there is almost no jack anywhere) but again, all this beauty works only for acoustics. Direct Mode does not work for headphone output and for headphones the sound works only in 24 bit / 96 kHz mode, keep in mind) - The card only works halfway when connecting speakers or headphones through the front of the case. it is not the main path that works, but the additional one just for the transmission, it is worse - The card does not come with any adapters for either large jacks or combo connectors for connecting 5.1 acoustics, and the packaging itself is like from Chinese audio devices for smart phones (DAC) for 2k, you just want to have at least everything in the kit and presentable packaging, if so you sell the ancient base as a new product at a normal price