Pros: Excellent sound; very small card
Cons: The sound isn't very loud as it could be

I had to make a new computer with some really powerful components. When I was looking at sound cards I had narrowed it down to the sound card...the Creative Labs Live! Now I had four choices, the X-Gamer, MP3+, and the Value. The X-Gamer had three...

Pros: inexpensive, great for gaming, lots of features, very clean signal
Cons: mediocre software bundle, could be hard to find

Overall, this is a great card, but considering the price, and the barebones software bundle, you can tell this card is aimed mainly at conscientious budget gamers. The ad couldn't put it any better: Geared For Gaming.

First off, let me start...

Pros: BEST consumer MIDI output, Excellent WAV playback support, Great effects, Good Software Updates, Great 3D Audio for games, good price, Only real choice left in 3D after Aureal went belly up
Cons: Miniplug socket breaks if you toy with it, customer service isn't too swell from creative

I purchased this wonderful sound card back in September 1999. I was building a new computer system, and decided that if I was going to do it, I wanted the newest sound card technology. Of course, I wasn't planning on spending a ton of cash. So I...

Pros: Great Price, surround support
Cons: Lack of digital connections

For serious gamers this card is definitely king of bang for the buck. With surround sound support, audio acceleration, and industry standard compatibility wrapped into a $40 package, it can't be beat.

Sound quality from this card is top...

Pros: Fast, full featured
Cons: No port labels

The Creative Sound Blaster Live! Value is an inexpensive but high performance sound card. I bought one nearly a year ago for about $70 and it has performed very well. Creative has even kept up on the drivers, and released several new revisions since I...

Pros: Amazing sound, environmental sound is impressive
Cons: None I can see

For about 6 years I had a sound blaster 16. Over the years I had upgraded everything in the system and soon the only thing that remained from the original system was the case and the sound blaster 16. When it came time to get a new system, a new sound...

Pros: Great all-in-one sound device
Cons: No front outputs/inputs

SoundBlaster Live! Value… quite simply, it is a wonderful card. The main reason I bought it was due to the fact that Creative produces it. I love Creative for audio (but not video or other devices).

This little card (PCI) does it all, and it...

Pros: High quality, Good Price
Cons: Not yet

I decided to retire my AWE 64, but had no idea what I wanted. The only sure factor was that the replacement would be a Creative Labs...something. The live series was less than a week on the shelves at the time. Well Creative had not failed me yet (a...

Pros: Sound quality, price, compatibility, everything
Cons: None

I bought this product because I trust Creative. It was also the best sound card I could buy at the time. The Sound Blaster Live! Value replaced the regular Sound Blaster Live!. The Value now includes optical out, which is extremely convenient for...

Pros: Low price, great quality
Cons: Not the BEST there is... but who cares?

I love this card.

Not only does this sound card have a digital connector (for those REAL audio freaks who can hear the difference), it's a real performer.

Being a fairly budget sound card, I was not expecting very much from this....

Pros: Great Sound Quality, EAX, MIDI, Inexpensive
Cons: No software bundle

For the longest time, I never bought a Creative Labs Sound Card. They were expensive, and I honestly didn't think there was that much of a difference. I mean, sound is sound, right?

My last non-Creative sound card was an Aureal Vortex...

Pros: sound quality, EAX, Environmental audio
Cons: absolutely none

I picked up this card to replace my SoundBlaster AWE64. I immediately noticed a huge difference in the overall sound quality of this card. Then there is the whole 4 channel EAX surround that this card is capable of putting out, provided the game you are...

Pros: The best cheap sound card if you just want to hear sound through your speakers.
Cons: A little more money can get you a better Sound Blaster.

Don’t be fooled by the picture above where it says “Geared for Gaming”. This may have been true two years ago, but now there is a much better card called the Sound Blaster X-gamer that is much better for Gamers. I recently replaced my Sound Blaster...

Pros: Great Card, lots of features..
Cons: Haven't found one yet.

When I built my system, I had been searching for card that would acuratly recreate music in a midi format. After much consideration, with features included in my considerations, I decided that the Sound Blaster Live value card was the card for me....

Pros: High quality, and a versatile software bundle.
Cons: A minor annoyance occurs with doubling of sounds if settings are not made properly.

The Sound Blaster Live Value card is the perfect sound card for the computer audiophile, it has CD quality sound, and a great set of software.

When having quality trouble recording wav files, it was suggested that I upgrade from the Sound...