Creative Sound Blaster Live! Platinum

Pros: The best end user card, loads of software.
Cons: More then you can use, expensive.

Want to be the at the top of the game, get this card. There are 2 versions of this card, 5.1 and normal. I have the 5.1. I don't know if it is really worth it for most users, but I have a BOSE lifestyle home theater which is 5.1, so I like it....

Pros: Advanced chip set, 256 voices, multiple speaker support
Cons: Takes up 2 slots on motherboard

Soundblaster undeniably produces quality sound cards, but with their large selection, a new buyer may find difficulty in selecting the one that suits them best. Soundblaster's newest series, the LIVE cards, are of the most cost-efficient and capable...

Pros: Excellent Soundcard plus lots of nice features
Cons: A bit pricey for a soundcard

After more than a year since the first Sound Blaster Live! Card appeared in the market, Creative is now bringing us three new cards as an addition to the Live! Family, each one aimed to different type of users in order to full fill the needs of everyone...

Pros: Features, Live Drive jacks, software, name brand, pretty good support
Cons: First versions of drivers were buggy, no other complaints found

I have to say that after getting the latest drivers and sticking with the Platinum since Jan 2000 , I have finally debugged and got this card operating well. Once of the early problems was resource conflicts with Logitech Mouse Drivers and Real Player 7....

Pros: Best Sound Card Available
Cons: Expensive

For Years the company Creative Labs have brought the top of the line sound cards to the home computer business. As the years went on new companies arose and Creative Labs was challenged to out due their opponents. In 1999 they did just that.
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Pros: 5.1 surround sound, front panel inputs, bundles of software.
Cons: IRQ hog, some compatibility issues

Since Epinions hasn't made room for the 5.1 card, I'll sneak it in here. Being a film and video editor, I'm always looking for the next cool thing. I've always loved mixing my audio into Surround Sound when time and money permitted. The long process...

Pros: Digital out, Live! Drive, great 3D sound
Cons: None

This sound card tops the list of peripherals for any gaming computer. The 3D surround and digital capabilities of this card are astounding. Recording, gaming, playing CD's, whatever you want to do is no challenge for this card. With a 48 KHz recording...

Pros: The best card on the market right now.
Cons: Software with the remote could be more intuitive.

Yes, I bought a brand new, retail version of the Sound Blaster Live Platinum 5.1 for ninety dollars. I enjoy finding the best possible price on products, but I don't stop there. After I find the best possible price, I take the add to a different local...

Pros: Excellent sound, great software package
Cons: Live Drive is a little useless for most people

The SoundBlaster Live! Platinum is an excellent sound card for most any computer user. The sound quality of the card is superb. I had a little bit of trouble setting it up and getting it to work at first. Tech support stayed on the line with me for...

Pros: Tons of inputs, good value,loads of software
Cons: Need an open drive bay

I purchased this card to replace my soundblaster value. I really wantede this card to compliment my new set of klipsch pro medias. The value of this card is just great. You get so much software that I think that will pay itself off. Mine came with 4 full...

Pros: Excellent MIDI, Environmental Audio is awesome
Cons: ... Yeah, right!

Common sense says that a computer should be equipped with a soundcard. I searched multiple cards and finally got to this soundcard. This soundcard has excellent sound output, and it comes with a Live! Drive and a microphone that works great for voice...

Pros: LiveDrive, GREAT software bundle, SBLIVE standard and compatiblity
Cons: Price, need 5.25 drive bay open

Having come from a long line of buying only the very best, or at the very least THE standard bearer of sound cards for nearly every computer I've owned, and built for others. Professionally and personally. I've never gone wrong with buying a sound card...

Pros: great sound, Live Drive is very convenient, bundled software top-notch
Cons: no CD-ROM connectors on Live Drive, Lava and creative players unnecessary

The Sound Blaster Live! Platinum is perhaps the second coolest piece of hardware I now own (second only to my Geforce GTS 2 64MB DDR video card). The sound produced from this card is absolutely amazing. Before I purchased this, I was using an AWE64,...

Pros: Affordable 16-bit 48kHz sound. Live Drive.
Cons: can't sample properly at any rate other than 48kHz. SPDIF ports dont work properly.

The intent of this product is to offer "studio" or "Professional" sound to a home setting. In this aspect, the card truely shines. However, the addition of SPDIF ports, MIDI interfaces, two analog inputs and the 16-bit 48kHz sound, implies that...

Pros: Great quality, tons of software, ultimate sound studio for most anyone's needs
Cons: Software requires a lot of hard disk space

I build my own computers, mostly from cheap, refurbished, or hand-me-down parts from when friends upgrade their computers. My computer was using an ancient Sound Blaster 16 ISA AWE32 with Wave Table synthesis and two memory slots for 30-pin SIMMs. I...