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Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Go!
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(4.5 out of 5)
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heavyweight sound for a lightweight laptop
(5 out of 5) by S. Moss on May 12, 2009 (Reading, UK)I bought this to improve upon the poor sound quality from my Compaq mini netbook. Have had the device for all of 15 minutes and it has in my opinion already justified the cost. The sound is CD quality through both headphones (Sennheiser HD 465 headphones) and through stereo amplifier (bass and treble at neutral), where before the sound was flat and dull sounding. Haven't yet tried the virtual surround sound in a game, but the test was promising.
All drivers installed easily from the inbuilt memory, software interface pretty self explanatory.
All drivers installed easily from the inbuilt memory, software interface pretty self explanatory.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
Think before you buy
(4 out of 5) by J. Ross on Jan 24, 2009 (UK)See my Amazon review of the LINDY-USB-2-0-Audio-Adapter before committing to buying this. Nice piece of kit but at a quarter the price, I thought the Lindy was a better general purpose usb sound device which is just as well built and better-sounding on three platforms: Windows, Mac Os and Linux (Mint) (no drivers needed for any)
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Fantastic
(5 out of 5) by Mr. A. Randall on Jan 9, 2009 (Suffolk, England)My two bobs worth..
My laptop has meagre sound output. Logitech Z20 speakers remidied this somewhat, but I was tempted to buy a desktop just for music. As a student, don't really have the cash.. so this handy gadget gives me great audio to pump through my stereo.
Smooth, resounding bass, crisp trebles, it doesn't sound any different to playing a CD actually on my stereo. Set up involved just plugging it in. Handy 5cm USB extension so you can continue to use adjacent USB ports is included. I haven't bothered with the software, the basic drivers loaded themselves.
Very very pleased, it's saved me buying a desktop. If you're looking to improve your laptop's sound you can't go wrong here. Unplugging it sets sound output back to onboard.
Top notch.
My laptop has meagre sound output. Logitech Z20 speakers remidied this somewhat, but I was tempted to buy a desktop just for music. As a student, don't really have the cash.. so this handy gadget gives me great audio to pump through my stereo.
Smooth, resounding bass, crisp trebles, it doesn't sound any different to playing a CD actually on my stereo. Set up involved just plugging it in. Handy 5cm USB extension so you can continue to use adjacent USB ports is included. I haven't bothered with the software, the basic drivers loaded themselves.
Very very pleased, it's saved me buying a desktop. If you're looking to improve your laptop's sound you can't go wrong here. Unplugging it sets sound output back to onboard.
Top notch.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Good Product!
(5 out of 5) by Alan Morton Daly on May 8, 2009 (Bonnie Scotland)Even though a laptop can never come close to the power/performance of a desktop...this little dongle will probably give the best sound possible on your pc without hving to install a dedicated soundcard.
Word of advice though...if you DO purchase this,make sure that you have "decent" speakers to listen to your music through!
Word of advice though...if you DO purchase this,make sure that you have "decent" speakers to listen to your music through!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Not Perfect
(4 out of 5) by Balbinder Mahal on Apr 10, 2009 (Bal UK)I bought this as a replacement for a previous Creative Lab PCI card and the sound is very good, but not as good as the PCI card. Only X-Fi Creative Lab products are compatible with Windows Vista.
You will need to download the latest driver through the Auto Update function because there are some distortions using the basic software found on the dongle when you're O/S is Windows Vista 64. The latest updates resolve these distortions.
It would have got 5 stars, but it does have two minor issues a) auto update stops working after you install the lastest drivers b) the dongle is not always found on boot up, every now and then you'll have to re-plug the dongle to get it working.
The former problem means no more auto updates and the later is annoying when you've not done anything to upset the dongle like overclocking testing. Otherwise, it is a great product for the price.
You will need to download the latest driver through the Auto Update function because there are some distortions using the basic software found on the dongle when you're O/S is Windows Vista 64. The latest updates resolve these distortions.
It would have got 5 stars, but it does have two minor issues a) auto update stops working after you install the lastest drivers b) the dongle is not always found on boot up, every now and then you'll have to re-plug the dongle to get it working.
The former problem means no more auto updates and the later is annoying when you've not done anything to upset the dongle like overclocking testing. Otherwise, it is a great product for the price.